Alabaster
#F2F0E6
Alabaster (#F2F0E6) is a very light, muted yellow colour, warm. In RGB it is 242 red, 240 green and 230 blue; in HSL its hue is 50°, its saturation 32% and its lightness 93%. For print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 5% yellow and 5% black, though printed colours vary with paper and ink.
Yellow is the brightest colour to the eye: cheerful, optimistic and hard to miss. On its own it can be hard to read, so pair it with a dark colour for text.
Text on alabaster
White text on alabaster has a contrast ratio of 1.14:1 and fails; black text has 18.38:1 and passes AAA. Black text is the better choice on it. Check other pairs in the contrast checker.
White text · 1.14:1
Black text · 18.38:1
Tints and shades of alabaster
Colour palettes with alabaster
Brands with a alabaster logo
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Use alabaster in CSS
.button {
background-color: #F2F0E6;
color: #000000;
}Make a full Tailwind scale from it with the Tailwind shades generator, or see more shades of yellow.