Colour
#FBFAE9
- #FBFAE9
- Yellow
- Light
- Nearest: Ivory
#FBFAE9 is a yellow with RGB values 251, 250, 233 and HSL 57°, 69%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ivory.
Colour values
#FBFAE9#FBFAE9
HEX#FBFAE9
RGBrgb(251, 250, 233)
RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9804, 0.9137
RGB percentages98.4%, 98%, 91.4%
HSLhsl(56.7, 69.2%, 94.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(56.7, 7.2%, 98.4%)
CMYK0%, 0.4%, 7.2%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,513,769
CSS custom property--colour: #FBFAE9;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.94764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness248.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.95:1
Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9
Inverted#040516
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 text19.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#E9EAFB
Analogous#FBF1E9, #F3FBE9
Triadic#E9FBFA, #FAE9FB
Split complementary#E9F3FB, #F1E9FB
Tetradic#E9FBF1, #E9EAFB, #FBE9F3
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R251
G250
B233
Red251 (98.4%)
Green250 (98%)
Blue233 (91.4%)
Hue56.67°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness94.9%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR FB · G FA · B E9
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