Recognised as Colour

#FBFAED

#FBFAED
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Ivory

#FBFAED is a yellow with RGB values 251, 250, 237 and HSL 56°, 64%, 96%. 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

#FBFAED#FBFAED

HEX#FBFAED

RGBrgb(251, 250, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9804, 0.9294

RGB percentages98.4%, 98%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(55.7, 63.6%, 95.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(55.7, 5.6%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 0.4%, 5.6%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,513,773

CSS custom property--colour: #FBFAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.94995WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness248.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20:1

Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black20:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9

Inverted#040512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#FDF9ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FDFAEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FDF8F6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text20:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ivory · ΔE 1.9 Floral white · ΔE 2.1 Old lace · ΔE 3 Linen · ΔE 4.5 Sea shell · ΔE 4.5 Mint cream · ΔE 5.7

Nearest named CSS colourIvory (#FFFFF0)ΔE 1.92, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EDEEFB

Analogous#FBF3ED, #F5FBED

Triadic#EDFBFA, #FAEDFB

Split complementary#EDF5FB, #F3EDFB

Tetradic#EDFBF3, #EDEEFB, #FBEDF5

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%#F2EEC3

Darker −20%#E8E39A

Darker −30%#DFD770

Darker −40%#D6CC46

More saturated +25%#FEFCEA

Less saturated −25%#F8F8F0

Channel breakdown

R251

G250

B237

Red251 (98.4%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue55.71°

Saturation (HSL)63.64%

Lightness95.69%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G FA · B ED

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Colour values

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