#FFFBB0

sRGB: 255 / 251 / 176
Color name: Creamy Sunshine Pastel

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Unbridled forces shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames vanish without farewell

The hex code for Creamy Sunshine Pastel is #FFFBB0. It belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 251 green and 176 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 57.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.5% 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 (19.68:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 251, 176
HSL: 56.96°, 100.00%, 84.51%
HSV / HSB: 56.96°, 30.98%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.57%, 30.98%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 83.570, 93.389, 54.699
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 97.385, -9.722, 36.513
WCAG relative luminance: 0.93389
24-bit decimal: 16776112

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 #FFFBB0 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: 19.68:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.07:1

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

#B0B4FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFFBB0 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.

#FFFBB0 #B0B4FF

Analogous

#FFD4B0 and #DBFFB0 sit 30° to either side of #FFFBB0. 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.

#FFD4B0 #FFFBB0 #DBFFB0

Triadic

#FFFBB0, #B0FFFB and #FBB0FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFFBB0 #B0FFFB #FBB0FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFFBB0 and look across the wheel. #B0DBFF and #D4B0FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFFBB0 #B0DBFF #D4B0FF

Square

Starting with #FFFBB0, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B0FFD4, #B0B4FF, then #FFB0DB. Across the square, #FFFBB0 pairs with #B0B4FF, and #B0FFD4 with #FFB0DB.

#FFFBB0 #B0FFD4 #B0B4FF #FFB0DB

Tetradic

#FFFBB0 and #B0B4FF are opposites, as are #B4FFB0 and #FBB0FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFFBB0 #B4FFB0 #B0B4FF #FBB0FF

Tints

Mixing #FFFBB0 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFFCC0, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFEEF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFFBB0 #FFFCC0 #FFFDD0 #FFFDDF #FFFEEF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFFBB0 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCC98D, keeps 80% of the original. By #333223, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFFBB0 #CCC98D #99976A #666446 #333223 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFFBB0 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6E2A6, keeps 80% of the original. By #99998A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFFBB0 #E6E2A6 #CCCA9D #B3B193 #99998A #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

#FFFBB0

RGB

rgb(255 251 176)

HSL

hsl(56.962 100.000% 84.510%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFFBB0;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFFBB0 uses 255 red, 251 green and 176 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 98.4%

Blue 69.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFFBB0 is 0.0% cyan, 1.6% magenta, 31.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.6%

Yellow 31.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFFFAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FFA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFFBB0 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFF99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFFFAA Nearest web-safe: #FFFF99

Gradient to complement

#FFFBB0 #F2EFBD #E5E3CA #D8D8D8 #CACCE5 #BDC0F2 #B0B4FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFFBB0 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.

#FFF5AB

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.

#FFF9B3

Tritanopia

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

#FFF1E8

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.

#FFF8AE

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.

#FFFAB2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFF8C7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F7F7F7

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.

#FBF9D8

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 1.00000 G 0.96469 B 0.43415

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 0.99724 G 0.98484 B 0.72353

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.99373 G 0.96586 B 0.48223

CIE xyY

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

x 0.361 y 0.403 Y 93.389

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 1.569 Y % 30.980

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11111011 10110000