#fbe78e

Color #fbe78e

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 4.23 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#fbe78e

RGB

rgb(251, 231, 142)

HSL

hsl(49, 93.2%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(49, 43.4%, 98.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8%, 43.4%, 1.6%)

LAB

lab(91.51, -5.01, 45.68)

LCH

lch(91.51, 45.95, 96.26)

OKLCH

oklch(92.5%, 0.1115, 97.05)

HWB

hwb(49, 55.7%, 1.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8ea2fb

Analogous

#fbb18e

#fbe78e

#d9fb8e

Triadic

#fbe78e

#8efbe7

#e78efb

Split-complementary

#fbe78e

#8ed9fb

#b18efb

Tetradic

#fbe78e

#a2fb8e

#8ea2fb

#e78efb

Square

#fbe78e

#8efbb1

#8ea2fb

#fb8ed9

Shades

Color #fbe78e mixed toward black.

#f9da4f

#f7cc10

#be9c07

#7f6804

#3f3402

Tints

Color #fbe78e mixed toward white.

#fceba1

#fcefb4

#fdf3c7

#fef7d9

#fefbec

Tones

Color #fbe78e mixed toward gray.

#f2e197

#e9dca0

#e0d6a9

#d7d0b2

#cecabc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f3f2a9 · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#f4f5af · ΔE 7.1

Tritanopia

#fabbbf · ΔE 34.2

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #fbe78e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fbe78e]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Goldenrod #daa520

Frequently asked questions

#fbe78e (#fbe78e) is rgb(251, 231, 142) in RGB.

No, #fbe78e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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