#FBEDBC

sRGB: 251 / 237 / 188

Cosmic tempests rise against oblivion
Immortal legends illuminate forgotten empires
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#FBEDBC belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 251 red, 237 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 46.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 88.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.1% 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 (17.94:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 251, 237, 188
HSL: 46.67°, 88.73%, 86.08%
HSV / HSB: 46.67°, 25.10%, 98.43%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.58%, 25.10%, 1.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 79.142, 84.709, 59.760
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.758, -2.700, 25.499
WCAG relative luminance: 0.84708
24-bit decimal: 16510396

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 #FBEDBC 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: 17.94:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.17:1

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

#BCCAFB sits half a turn (180°) from #FBEDBC 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.

#FBEDBC #BCCAFB

Analogous

#FBCEBC and #E9FBBC sit 30° to either side of #FBEDBC. 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.

#FBCEBC #FBEDBC #E9FBBC

Triadic

#FBEDBC, #BCFBED and #EDBCFB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FBEDBC #BCFBED #EDBCFB

Split complementary

Start at #FBEDBC and look across the wheel. #BCE9FB and #CEBCFB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FBEDBC #BCE9FB #CEBCFB

Square

Starting with #FBEDBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCFBCE, #BCCAFB, then #FBBCE9. Across the square, #FBEDBC pairs with #BCCAFB, and #BCFBCE with #FBBCE9.

#FBEDBC #BCFBCE #BCCAFB #FBBCE9

Tetradic

#FBEDBC and #BCCAFB are opposites, as are #CAFBBC and #EDBCFB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FBEDBC #CAFBBC #BCCAFB #EDBCFB

Tints

Mixing #FBEDBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FCF1C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEFBF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#FBEDBC #FCF1C9 #FDF4D7 #FDF8E4 #FEFBF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FBEDBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9BE96, keeps 80% of the original. By #322F26, the mixture is 80% black.

#FBEDBC #C9BE96 #978E71 #645F4B #322F26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FBEDBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2D7B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #99968C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FBEDBC #E2D7B0 #CAC1A4 #B1AC98 #99968C #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

#FBEDBC

RGB

rgb(251 237 188)

HSL

hsl(46.667 88.732% 86.078%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FBEDBC uses 251 red, 237 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.4%

Green 92.9%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FBEDBC is 0.0% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 25.1% yellow and 1.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.6%

Yellow 25.1%

Black 1.6%

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 #FBEDBC 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

#FBEDBC #F1E7C7 #E6E1D1 #DCDCDC #D1D6E6 #C7D0F1 #BCCAFB

Color vision previews

Compare how #FBEDBC 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.

#F8EAB9

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.

#FBEFBE

Tritanopia

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

#FFE5E0

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.

#F9ECBA

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.

#FBEEBD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FDEBCA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EDEDED

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.

#F4EDD6

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 0.96469 G 0.84687 B 0.50289

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 0.97486 G 0.93130 B 0.75838

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.94377 G 0.85078 B 0.53568

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 0.379 Y 84.709

CMY

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

C % 1.569 M % 7.059 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11111011 11101101 10111100