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#FBFCE0 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FBFCE0 is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Cornsilk (#FFF8DC). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: cornsilk (#FFF8DC) — not an exact match. CSS cornsilk gives you #FFF8DC, a different color; use #FBFCE0 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.

#FBFCE0 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 #DFDFFC; it also sits naturally between #FCEEDF and #ECFCDF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBFCE0 · RGB 251, 252, 224

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Color values

HEX#FBFCE0
RGB251, 252, 224
HSL62°, 82%, 93%
HSV62°, 11%, 99%
CMYK0%, 0%, 11%, 1%
XYZ88.05, 95.51, 84.32
Yxy95.51, 0.3287, 0.3566
CIE-Lab98.24, -4.99, 13.30
Hunter Lab97.73, -5.07, 12.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 99% · Blue 88%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 11% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBFCE0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBFCE0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBFCE0

.text { color: #FBFCE0; }
.background { background-color: #FBFCE0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBFCE0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 252, 224); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 82%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBFCE0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 252, 224, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBFCE0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 252, 224, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBFCE0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBFCE0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBFCE0

#F5F8B5#F0F48B#EBEF61#E5EB37#DDE316#B4BA12#8C900E#63660A#3B3C06#121302

Tints of #FBFCE0

#FBFCDF#FBFCE3#FBFCE3#FBFCE3#FCFDE8#FCFDE8#FCFDE8#FCFDE8#FDFDEC#FDFDEC

Tones of #FBFCE0

#F9FAE1#F7F8E3#F5F6E5#F3F3E7#F1F1E9#EFEFEB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DFDFFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.04:1 Fails
Against black text20.10:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBFCE0: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBFCE0

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 #FBFCE0: ·

How #FBFCE0 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #FBFBE7Deuteranopia · #FBFBE8Tritanopia · #FBECED

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FBFCE0 rather than the exact color:

Palette F5dad2
#F5DAD2 · #FCFFE0 · #BACD92 · #75A47F
Palette E87f24
#E87F24 · #FFC81E · #FEFDDF · #73A5CA
Palette 0a400c
#0A400C · #819067 · #B1AB86 · #FEFAE0
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E9EDC9 · #FEFAE0 · #FAEDCD
Palette 5f6f52
#5F6F52 · #A9B388 · #FEFAE0 · #B99470
Palette Ff90bc
#FF90BC · #FFC0D9 · #F9F9E0 · #8ACDD7

Similar colors

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

#FCFFE0#FEFDDF#FEFAE0#F9F9E0#FBFFE2#FFFCE1#FFFBE0#FDFFE2#FFFDE1#FEFFE0#FEF9E1#FFFBDE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBFCDF  ·  #FBFCE1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBFCE0?

#FBFCE0 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 252, 224). Its closest standard named color is Cornsilk.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBFCE0?

#FBFCE0 is RGB 251, 252, 224 — HSL 62°, 82%, 93% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 11%, 1%.

What colors go with #FBFCE0?

Its complement is #DFDFFC; analogous partners are #FCEEDF and #ECFCDF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBFCE0 for text?

Black text on #FBFCE0 has a contrast ratio of 20.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.04:1.