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#FBFAAF — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FBFAAF 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 #FBFAAF 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.

#FBFAAF 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 #B1B3FB; it also sits naturally between #FBD5B1 and #D7FBB1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBFAAF · RGB 251, 250, 175

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Color values

HEX#FBFAAF
RGB251, 250, 175
HSL59°, 90%, 84%
HSV59°, 30%, 98%
CMYK0%, 0%, 30%, 2%
XYZ81.71, 91.98, 54.00
Yxy91.98, 0.3589, 0.4040
CIE-Lab96.81, -10.83, 36.19
Hunter Lab95.90, -10.80, 29.62

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 98% · Blue 69%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 30% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FBFAAF

.text { color: #FBFAAF; }
.background { background-color: #FBFAAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBFAAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 250, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 90%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBFAAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 250, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBFAAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 250, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FBFAAF

#F9F78B#F7F464#F5F23D#F3EF16#D5D20B#AEAC09#888607#615F05#3A3903#131301

Tints of #FBFAAF

#FBFAB6#FBFABB#FCFBC5#FCFBCA#FCFCCF#FDFCD3#FDFCD8#FDFDE2#FEFDE7#FEFEEC

Tones of #FBFAAF

#F6F5B7#F0EFBC#EBEAC1#E6E6C6#E1E0CC#DCDBD1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B1B3FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.08:1 Fails
Against black text19.40:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBFAAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBFAAF

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 #FBFAAF: ·

How #FBFAAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #FBFBC1Deuteranopia · #FBFBC6Tritanopia · #FBCFD3

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 #FBFAAF rather than the exact color:

Palette 154d71
#154D71 · #1C6EA4 · #33A1E0 · #FFF9AF
Palette Ffab73
#FFAB73 · #FFD384 · #FFF9B0 · #FFAEC0
Ruby Meadow
#287A74 · #55A9A0 · #AEEED3 · #FFF8B0
Palette A5c89e
#A5C89E · #FFFBB1 · #D8E983 · #AEB877
Palette D7e9b9
#D7E9B9 · #FFFBAC · #FFD495 · #FAAB78
Palette Faffaf
#FAFFAF · #96C9F4 · #3FA2F6 · #0F67B1

Similar colors

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

#FFF9AF#FFF9B0#FFF8B0#FFFBB1#FFFBAC#FAFFAF#FBFFB1#F8FAB4#FCFFB2#FDF4AF#FEFFAC#FDFFAB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBFAAE  ·  #FBFAB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBFAAF?

#FBFAAF is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 250, 175). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBFAAF?

#FBFAAF is RGB 251, 250, 175 — HSL 59°, 90%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 30%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBFAAF?

Its complement is #B1B3FB; analogous partners are #FBD5B1 and #D7FBB1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBFAAF for text?

Black text on #FBFAAF has a contrast ratio of 19.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.