Palettes / Colors / #FCFCFB

#FCFCFB — Pale Dusty Yellow

#FCFCFB is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Snow (#FFFAFA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: snow (#FFFAFA) — not an exact match. CSS snow gives you #FFFAFA, a different color; use #FCFCFB 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.

#FCFCFB 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 #FCFCFD; it also sits naturally between #FDFCFC and #FCFDFC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 99% · Blue 98%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #FCFCFB

.text { color: #FCFCFB; }
.background { background-color: #FCFCFB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCFCFB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 252, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 14%, 99%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCFCFB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 252, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCFCFB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 252, 251, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCFCFB

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #FCFCFD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FCFCFB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCFCFB

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:

How #FCFCFB looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCFCFA  ·  #FCFCFC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCFCFB?

#FCFCFB is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 252, 251). Its closest standard named color is Snow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCFCFB?

#FCFCFB is RGB 252, 252, 251 — HSL 60°, 14%, 99% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCFCFB?

Its complement is #FCFCFD; analogous partners are #FDFCFC and #FCFDFC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCFCFB for text?

Black text on #FCFCFB has a contrast ratio of 20.46:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.03:1.