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#FAE5BB

#fae5bb ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#fae5bb is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 89.8% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.4% magenta, 25.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 40°, with 86.3% saturation and 85.69% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 1.62.

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Relative luminance0.7995

Complementary

  1. #fae5bb
  2. #bbd0fa

Split complementary

  1. #fae5bb
  2. #bbf0fa
  3. #c6bbfa

Analogous

  1. #fac6bb
  2. #fae5bb
  3. #f0fabb

Triadic

  1. #fae5bb
  2. #bbfae5
  3. #e5bbfa

Tetradic

  1. #fae5bb
  2. #d0fabb
  3. #bbd0fa
  4. #e5bbfa

Square

  1. #fae5bb
  2. #bbfac6
  3. #bbd0fa
  4. #fabbf0

Monochromatic

  1. #f0af2c
  2. #f5ca74
  3. #fae5bb
  4. #fef8ec
  5. #fef8ec

Shades

#fae5bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fae5bb
  2. #e1cea8
  3. #c8b796
  4. #afa083
  5. #968970
  6. #7d735e
  7. #645c4b
  8. #4b4538
  9. #322e25
  10. #191713
  11. #000000

Tints

#fae5bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fae5bb
  2. #fbe8c2
  3. #fbeac9
  4. #fcedcf
  5. #fcefd6
  6. #fdf2dd
  7. #fdf5e4
  8. #fef7eb
  9. #fefaf1
  10. #fffcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fae5bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fae5bb
  2. #eedbb5
  3. #e2d1af
  4. #d5c7a9
  5. #c9bda3
  6. #bdb39e
  7. #b1a898
  8. #a59e92
  9. #98948c
  10. #8c8a86
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e7e7e7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #efe6d7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f0e4b8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f5e9bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffded9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f4e4b9 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f7e8bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ffe1ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fae5bb {
  color: #fae5bb;
}
Background
.bg-fae5bb {
  background-color: #fae5bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fae5bb {
  border: 2px solid #fae5bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fae5bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 229 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 40 86% 86%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fae5bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fae5bb, #f0fabb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fae5bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 229 187 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 1.62 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 2.05 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 2.06 #ffebcd Blanched Almond ΔE 3.88 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 3.97 #ffe4c4 Bisque ΔE 4.60 #f7e7ce Champagne ΔE 5.02 #051a44 Inverted #e7e7e7 Grayscale 

Wheat
#fae5bb  rgb(250, 229, 187)  hsl(40, 86%, 86%)  Wheat
#bbd0fa  rgb(187, 208, 250)  hsl(220, 86%, 86%)  Light Steel Blue
#bbfae5  rgb(187, 250, 229)  hsl(160, 86%, 86%)  Magic Mint
#e5bbfa  rgb(229, 187, 250)  hsl(280, 86%, 86%)  Mauve