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#F2EBBE — Pale Yellow

#F2EBBE is a yellow color we call Pale Yellow, closest to the named color Bisque (#FFE4C4). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: bisque (#FFE4C4) — not an exact match. CSS bisque gives you #FFE4C4, a different color; use #F2EBBE 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.

#F2EBBE 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 #BFC6F2; it also sits naturally between #F2D2BF and #E0F2BF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F2EBBE · RGB 242, 235, 190

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Color values

HEX#F2EBBE
RGB242, 235, 190
HSL52°, 67%, 85%
HSV52°, 21%, 95%
CMYK0%, 3%, 21%, 5%
XYZ75.62, 82.01, 60.56
Yxy82.01, 0.3466, 0.3759
CIE-Lab92.58, -4.71, 22.73
Hunter Lab90.56, -4.66, 19.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 92% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 21% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F2EBBE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F2EBBE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F2EBBE

.text { color: #F2EBBE; }
.background { background-color: #F2EBBE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F2EBBE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 235, 190); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 67%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F2EBBE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 235, 190, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F2EBBE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 235, 190, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F2EBBE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F2EBBE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F2EBBE

#ECE19D#E5D77B#DECC59#D7C237#C0AB26#99891E#776A18#554C11#332E0A#110F03

Tints of #F2EBBE

#F3EDC3#F4EEC8#F5EFCC#F6F1D0#F7F3D9#F8F5DD#F9F6E1#FAF7E5#FBF9EA#FCFAEE

Tones of #F2EBBE

#EFE9C3#EBE6C6#E7E3CA#E4E1CE#E0DED1#DDDCD5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFC6F2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.40:1 AAA

Best text color on #F2EBBE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F2EBBE

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 #F2EBBE: ·

How #F2EBBE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEFC9Deuteranopia · #EFF0CCTritanopia · #F2D1D3

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 #F2EBBE rather than the exact color:

Palette 9a3b3b
#9A3B3B · #C08261 · #E2C799 · #F2ECBE
Palette F6d7a7
#F6D7A7 · #F6EABE · #C8E3D4 · #87AAAA
Palette E8505b
#E8505B · #F9D56E · #F3ECC2 · #14B1AB
Palette 4b1426
#4B1426 · #17433F · #558467 · #EFEABB
Palette 346739
#346739 · #79AE6F · #9FCB98 · #F2EDC2
Palette Dbf1f2
#DBF1F2 · #CD5555 · #882042 · #EFEDBB

Similar colors

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

#F2ECBE#F6EABE#F3ECC2#EFEABB#F2EDC2#EFEDBB#F1ECC3#F6EFBD#F6E7BC#F2E5BF#F5F0BB#F0F0C2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F2EBBD  ·  #F2EBBF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F2EBBE?

#F2EBBE is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 242, 235, 190). Its closest standard named color is Bisque.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F2EBBE?

#F2EBBE is RGB 242, 235, 190 — HSL 52°, 67%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 21%, 5%.

What colors go with #F2EBBE?

Its complement is #BFC6F2; analogous partners are #F2D2BF and #E0F2BF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F2EBBE for text?

Black text on #F2EBBE has a contrast ratio of 17.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.