Recognised as Colour
#FBFAE7
- #FBFAE7
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Ivory
#FBFAE7 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 250, 231 and HSL 57°, 71%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ivory.
Colour values
#FBFAE7#FBFAE7
HEX#FBFAE7
RGBrgb(251, 250, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9804, 0.9059
RGB percentages98.4%, 98%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(57, 71.4%, 94.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(57, 8%, 98.4%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 8%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,513,767
CSS custom property--colour: #FBFAE7;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.9465WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness248.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.93:1
Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9
Inverted#040518
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.93:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E7E8FB
Analogous#FBF0E7, #F2FBE7
Triadic#E7FBFA, #FAE7FB
Split complementary#E7F2FB, #F0E7FB
Tetradic#E7FBF0, #E7E8FB, #FBE7F2
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R251
G250
B231
Red251 (98.4%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue57°
Saturation (HSL)71.43%
Lightness94.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FB · G FA · B E7
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