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#fbfaa6 ≈ Pastel Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#fbfaa6 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 98.04% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 33.86% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 59.29°, with 91.4% saturation and 81.76% 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 19.33:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Yellow (#fdfd96), ΔE 2.94.

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Web safe#ffff99
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Relative luminance0.9163

Complementary

  1. #fbfaa6
  2. #a6a7fb

Split complementary

  1. #fbfaa6
  2. #a6d1fb
  3. #cfa6fb

Analogous

  1. #fbcfa6
  2. #fbfaa6
  3. #d1fba6

Triadic

  1. #fbfaa6
  2. #a6fbfa
  3. #faa6fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbfaa6
  2. #a7fba6
  3. #a6a7fb
  4. #faa6fb

Square

  1. #fbfaa6
  2. #a6fbcf
  3. #a6a7fb
  4. #fba6d1

Monochromatic

  1. #f4f214
  2. #f8f65d
  3. #fbfaa6
  4. #fefeeb
  5. #fefeeb

Shades

#fbfaa6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbfaa6
  2. #e2e195
  3. #c9c885
  4. #b0af74
  5. #979664
  6. #7e7d53
  7. #646442
  8. #4b4b32
  9. #323221
  10. #191911
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbfaa6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbfaa6
  2. #fbfbaf
  3. #fcfbb8
  4. #fcfcc1
  5. #fdfcca
  6. #fdfdd3
  7. #fdfddb
  8. #fefee4
  9. #fefeed
  10. #fffff6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbfaa6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbfaa6
  2. #efeea2
  3. #e2e29e
  4. #d6d59b
  5. #cac997
  6. #bebd93
  7. #b1b18f
  8. #a5a58b
  9. #999888
  10. #8c8c84
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 19.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f5f5f5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f8f7da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fff3a0 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fff7a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fff0e5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fff6a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fff8a8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fff4cf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbfaa6 {
  color: #fbfaa6;
}
Background
.bg-fbfaa6 {
  background-color: #fbfaa6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbfaa6 {
  border: 2px solid #fbfaa6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbfaa6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 250 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 59 91% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbfaa6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbfaa6, #d1fba6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbfaa6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 250 166 / 0.35);
}

#fdfd96 Pastel Yellow ΔE 2.94 #f0e68c Khaki ΔE 4.79 #eee8aa Pale Goldenrod ΔE 5.31 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 7.07 #faf0be Blond ΔE 7.22 #eedc82 Flax ΔE 7.57 #f0dc82 Buff ΔE 7.86 #040559 Inverted #f5f5f5 Grayscale 

Pastel Yellow
#fbfaa6  rgb(251, 250, 166)  hsl(59, 91%, 82%)  Pastel Yellow
#a6a7fb  rgb(166, 167, 251)  hsl(239, 91%, 82%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a6fbfa  rgb(166, 251, 250)  hsl(179, 91%, 82%)  Celeste
#faa6fb  rgb(250, 166, 251)  hsl(299, 91%, 82%)  Plum