#FAEBBB

sRGB: 250 / 235 / 187

Cosmic tempests flourish beyond boundaries
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#FAEBBB belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 250 red, 235 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 45.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 86.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.67:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 250, 235, 187
HSL: 45.71°, 86.30%, 85.69%
HSV / HSB: 45.71°, 25.20%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.00%, 25.20%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 78.099, 83.329, 58.985
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.158, -2.192, 25.177
WCAG relative luminance: 0.83329
24-bit decimal: 16444347

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #FAEBBB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.67:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.19:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BBCAFA sits half a turn (180°) from #FAEBBB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#FAEBBB #BBCAFA

Analogous

#FACCBB and #E9FABB sit 30° to either side of #FAEBBB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FACCBB #FAEBBB #E9FABB

Triadic

#FAEBBB, #BBFAEB and #EBBBFA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FAEBBB #BBFAEB #EBBBFA

Split complementary

Start at #FAEBBB and look across the wheel. #BBE9FA and #CCBBFA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FAEBBB #BBE9FA #CCBBFA

Square

Starting with #FAEBBB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBFACB, #BBCAFA, then #FABBE9. Across the square, #FAEBBB pairs with #BBCAFA, and #BBFACB with #FABBE9.

#FAEBBB #BBFACB #BBCAFA #FABBE9

Tetradic

#FAEBBB and #BBCAFA are opposites, as are #CAFABB and #EBBBFA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FAEBBB #CAFABB #BBCAFA #EBBBFA

Tints

Mixing #FAEBBB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FBEFC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEFBF1, the mixture is 80% white.

#FAEBBB #FBEFC9 #FCF3D6 #FDF7E4 #FEFBF1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FAEBBB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C8BC96, keeps 80% of the original. By #322F25, the mixture is 80% black.

#FAEBBB #C8BC96 #968D70 #645E4B #322F25 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FAEBBB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2D6AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #98958C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FAEBBB #E2D6AF #C9C0A3 #B1AB98 #98958C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#FAEBBB

RGB

rgb(250 235 187)

HSL

hsl(45.714 86.301% 85.686%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FAEBBB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FAEBBB uses 250 red, 235 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.0%

Green 92.2%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FAEBBB is 0.0% cyan, 6.0% magenta, 25.2% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.0%

Yellow 25.2%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEEBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FEB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FAEBBB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFEEBB Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#FAEBBB #F0E6C6 #E5E0D0 #DBDBDB #D0D5E5 #C6D0F0 #BBCAFA

Color vision previews

Compare how #FAEBBB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F6E9B8

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FAEDBC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FFE3DE

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F7EAB9

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F9ECBC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#FCE9C9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#EBEBEB

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#F3EBD5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.95597 G 0.83077 B 0.49693

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.97029 G 0.92360 B 0.75411

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.93374 G 0.83493 B 0.52894

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.354 y 0.378 Y 83.329

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 1.961 M % 7.843 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11111010 11101011 10111011