Colour

#FBFAE2

#FBFAE2
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Beige

#FBFAE2 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 250, 226 and HSL 58°, 76%, 94%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Beige.

Colour values

#FBFAE2#FBFAE2

HEX#FBFAE2

RGBrgb(251, 250, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9804, 0.8863

RGB percentages98.4%, 98%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(57.6, 75.8%, 93.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(57.6, 10%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 10%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,513,762

CSS custom property--colour: #FBFAE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94371WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness247.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.87:1

Contrast with white1.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F8F8F8

Inverted#04051D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FFF8E1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFF9E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.1 from the original

Tritanopia#FFF7F3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.06:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Beige · ΔE 1.9 Cornsilk · ΔE 3 Light yellow · ΔE 3.8 Ivory · ΔE 5 Old lace · ΔE 5.3 Papaya whip · ΔE 6.3

Nearest named CSS colourBeige (#F5F5DC)ΔE 1.95, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E2E3FB

Analogous#FBEEE2, #F0FBE2

Triadic#E2FBFA, #FAE2FB

Split complementary#E2F0FB, #EEE2FB

Tetradic#E2FBEE, #E2E3FB, #FBE2F0

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%#F5F2B5

Darker −20%#EFEB88

Darker −30%#E8E35C

Darker −40%#E2DB2F

More saturated +25%#FFFEDE

Less saturated −25%#F7F6E6

Channel breakdown

R251

G250

B226

Red251 (98.4%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue57.6°

Saturation (HSL)75.76%

Lightness93.53%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G FA · B E2

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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Channel breakdown

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