HEX atlas value

#FBF0D0

#FBF0D0 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Papaya Whip. RGB 251, 240, 208, HSL 45° 84% 90%, luminance 0.8738; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light pastel

#FBF0D0 Sample readable text

HEX #FBF0D0

RGB rgb(251, 240, 208)

HSL hsl(45 84% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 4, 17, 2)

Luminance 0.8738

Contrast Black 18.48:1White 1.14:1

CSS

--color-fbf0d0: #FBF0D0;
.background-fbf0d0 { background-color: #FBF0D0; }
.text-fbf0d0 { color: #FBF0D0; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FBF0D0

#FBF0D0 is classified as a warm yellow value with light and pastel visual character. #FBF0D0 is visually closest to Papaya Whip, a named orange color with HEX #FFEFD5.

The RGB channels are 251, 240, and 208, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 45deg with 84% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.8738, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 6.48, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text18.48:1AA Pass

White text1.14:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FBF0D0 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000018.48:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.14:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #F0FBD0#F0FBD0 · #000000 text · best 19.41:1 #FFF2CC#FFF2CC · #000000 text · best 18.82:1 Papaya Whip#FFEFD5 · #000000 text · best 18.56:1 Blanched Almond#FFEBCD · #000000 text · best 18.02:1

Generated Palette

#FBF0D0#FBF0D0

#D0DBFB#D0DBFB

#FBDBD0#FBDBD0

#F0FBD0#F0FBD0

White#FFFFFF

#F4D67C#F4D67C

Color Harmonies

#D0DBFB#D0DBFB

#FBDBD0#FBDBD0

#F0FBD0#F0FBD0

#D0FBF0#D0FBF0

#F0D0FB#F0D0FB

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#F4D67C#F4D67C

#FFF2CC#FFF2CC

#F5EDD6#F5EDD6

White#FFFFFF

#FFFCF5#FFFCF5

Nearest Named Colors

Papaya Whip#FFEFD5

Blanched Almond#FFEBCD

Canvas#F4EBD0

Antique White#FAEBD7

Champagne#F7E7CE

Luminance0.8738

Black text18.48:1AA Pass

White text1.14:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FBF0D0","rgb":[251,240,208],"hsl":[45,84,90],"cmyk":[0,4,17,2],"luminance":0.8738,"contrast":{"black":18.48,"white":1.14}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":18.48,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.14,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F0FBD0","hex":"#F0FBD0","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.41,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFF2CC","hex":"#FFF2CC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.82,"contrastWhite":1.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Papaya Whip","hex":"#FFEFD5","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.56,"contrastWhite":1.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Blanched Almond","hex":"#FFEBCD","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.02,"contrastWhite":1.17,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","pastel","light yellow","pastel yellow","Papaya Whip adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fbf0d0.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/papaya-whip.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/blanched-almond.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/canvas.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D0DBFB","analogous":["#FBDBD0","#F0FBD0"],"triadic":["#D0FBF0","#F0D0FB"],"tetradic":["#D0FBDB","#D0DBFB","#FBD0F0"],"splitComplementary":["#D0F0FB","#DBD0FB"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FBF0D0","#F4D67C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#F4D67C","saturated":"#FFF2CC","desaturated":"#F5EDD6","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFCF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"papaya-whip","name":"Papaya Whip","hex":"#FFEFD5","distance":6.48074069840786},{"slug":"blanched-almond","name":"Blanched Almond","hex":"#FFEBCD","distance":7.0710678118654755},{"slug":"canvas","name":"Canvas","hex":"#F4EBD0","distance":8.602325267042627},{"slug":"antique-white","name":"Antique White","hex":"#FAEBD7","distance":8.660254037844387},{"slug":"champagne","name":"Champagne","hex":"#F7E7CE","distance":10.04987562112089}]

#FBF0D0

CSS

About #FBF0D0

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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