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#FBFAAA — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FBFAAA is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #FBFAAA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#FBFAAA is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ACAEFB; it also sits naturally between #FBD2AC and #D5FBAC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBFAAA · RGB 251, 250, 170

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Color values

HEX#FBFAAA
RGB251, 250, 170
HSL59°, 91%, 83%
HSV59°, 32%, 98%
CMYK0%, 0%, 32%, 2%
XYZ81.22, 91.78, 51.47
Yxy91.78, 0.3618, 0.4089
CIE-Lab96.73, -11.43, 38.57
Hunter Lab95.80, -11.38, 31.15

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 98% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 32% · Key 2%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #FBFAAA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBFAAA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBFAAA

.text { color: #FBFAAA; }
.background { background-color: #FBFAAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBFAAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 250, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 91%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBFAAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 250, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBFAAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 250, 170, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBFAAA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBFAAA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBFAAA

#F9F785#F7F55E#F6F237#F4F010#D6D30A#AFAD08#888606#616005#3A3A03#131301

Tints of #FBFAAA

#FBFAB1#FCFBBB#FCFBC0#FCFBC5#FDFCCE#FDFCD3#FDFDD8#FDFDDD#FEFDE7#FEFEEC

Tones of #FBFAAA

#F5F4B2#F0EFB7#EAE9BD#E5E4C3#DFDFC8#D9D9CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACAEFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.08:1 Fails
Against black text19.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBFAAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBFAAA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #FBFAAA: ·

How #FBFAAA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #FBFBBDDeuteranopia · #FBFBC2Tritanopia · #FBCDD0

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FBFAAA rather than the exact color:

Palette D7e9b9
#D7E9B9 · #FFFBAC · #FFD495 · #FAAB78
Palette Ffea6c
#FFEA6C · #FFFBA7 · #FFA6FB · #FF61F8
Palette 113f67
#113F67 · #34699A · #58A0C8 · #FDF5AA
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette D9edbf
#D9EDBF · #FFB996 · #FFCF81 · #FDFFAB
Ruby Orchard
#DE7272 · #FFCA88 · #FFF6A9 · #B4E4D6

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#FFFBAC#FFFBA7#FDF5AA#FDFFAB#FFF6A9#FBF5A7#FEFFAC#FFF9AF#FCFFA6#FEFFA7#FAFFAF#FFFAA4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBFAA9  ·  #FBFAAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBFAAA?

#FBFAAA is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 250, 170). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBFAAA?

#FBFAAA is RGB 251, 250, 170 — HSL 59°, 91%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 32%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBFAAA?

Its complement is #ACAEFB; analogous partners are #FBD2AC and #D5FBAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBFAAA for text?

Black text on #FBFAAA has a contrast ratio of 19.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.