Recognised as Colour

#FBF5D9

#FBF5D9
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Cornsilk

#FBF5D9 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 245, 217 and HSL 49°, 81%, 92%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornsilk.

Colour values

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HEX#FBF5D9

RGBrgb(251, 245, 217)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9608, 0.851

RGB percentages98.4%, 96.1%, 85.1%

HSLhsl(49.4, 81%, 91.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(49.4, 13.5%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 2.4%, 13.5%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,512,473

CSS custom property--colour: #FBF5D9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.90824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness243.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.16:1

Contrast with white1.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F4F4F4

Inverted#040A26

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FBF3D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDF5DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF1EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.1:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornsilk · ΔE 1.2 Beige · ΔE 2.7 Light yellow · ΔE 3.9 Papaya whip · ΔE 4.1 Antique white · ΔE 5.8 Blanched almond · ΔE 6

Nearest named CSS colourCornsilk (#FFF8DC)ΔE 1.17, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D9DFFB

Analogous#FBE4D9, #F0FBD9

Triadic#D9FBF5, #F5D9FB

Split complementary#D9F0FB, #E4D9FB

Tetradic#D9FBE4, #D9DFFB, #FBD9F0

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#F6E9AB

Darker −20%#F1DD7D

Darker −30%#ECD14F

Darker −40%#E8C420

More saturated +25%#FFF8D5

Less saturated −25%#F6F2DE

Channel breakdown

R251

G245

B217

Red251 (98.4%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue217 (85.1%)

Hue49.41°

Saturation (HSL)80.95%

Lightness91.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G F5 · B D9

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