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#FBFBD9

#fbfbd9 ≈ Light Yellow

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#fbfbd9 is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.43% red, 98.43% green and 85.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.55% yellow and 1.57% black. Its hue angle is 60°, with 80.95% saturation and 91.76% 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 19.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Yellow (#ffffe0), ΔE 1.24.

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Web safe#ffffcc
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Relative luminance0.9451

Complementary

  1. #fbfbd9
  2. #d9d9fb

Split complementary

  1. #fbfbd9
  2. #d9eafb
  3. #ead9fb

Analogous

  1. #fbead9
  2. #fbfbd9
  3. #eafbd9

Triadic

  1. #fbfbd9
  2. #d9fbfb
  3. #fbd9fb

Tetradic

  1. #fbfbd9
  2. #d9fbd9
  3. #d9d9fb
  4. #fbd9fb

Square

  1. #fbfbd9
  2. #d9fbea
  3. #d9d9fb
  4. #fbd9ea

Monochromatic

  1. #ecec4f
  2. #f4f494
  3. #fbfbd9
  4. #fdfded
  5. #fdfded

Shades

#fbfbd9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fbfbd9
  2. #e2e2c3
  3. #c9c9ae
  4. #b0b098
  5. #979782
  6. #7e7e6d
  7. #646457
  8. #4b4b41
  9. #32322b
  10. #191916
  11. #000000

Tints

#fbfbd9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fbfbd9
  2. #fbfbdd
  3. #fcfce1
  4. #fcfce4
  5. #fdfde8
  6. #fdfdec
  7. #fdfdf0
  8. #fefef4
  9. #fefef7
  10. #fffffb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fbfbd9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fbfbd9
  2. #efefd0
  3. #e2e2c7
  4. #d6d6be
  5. #cacab5
  6. #bebead
  7. #b1b1a4
  8. #a5a59b
  9. #999992
  10. #8c8c89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 19.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f9f9f9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #fafaed ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #fff8d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #fffada ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fff6f1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #fff9d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #fffada ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fef8e8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fbfbd9 {
  color: #fbfbd9;
}
Background
.bg-fbfbd9 {
  background-color: #fbfbd9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fbfbd9 {
  border: 2px solid #fbfbd9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fbfbd9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 251 251 217;
  --color-primary-hsl: 60 81% 92%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fbfbd9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbfbd9, #eafbd9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fbfbd9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(251 251 217 / 0.35);
}

#ffffe0 Light Yellow ΔE 1.24 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 1.70 #f5f5dc Beige ΔE 2.97 #fffdd0 Cream ΔE 3.00 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 3.34 #fff8dc Cornsilk ΔE 3.70 #faf0be Blond ΔE 5.65 #040426 Inverted #f9f9f9 Grayscale 

Light Yellow
#fbfbd9  rgb(251, 251, 217)  hsl(60, 81%, 92%)  Light Yellow
#d9d9fb  rgb(217, 217, 251)  hsl(240, 81%, 92%)  Periwinkle
#d9fbfb  rgb(217, 251, 251)  hsl(180, 81%, 92%)  Light Cyan
#fbd9fb  rgb(251, 217, 251)  hsl(300, 81%, 92%)  Thistle