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#F2EEBC — Pale Yellow

#F2EEBC is a yellow color we call Pale Yellow, closest to the named color Moccasin (#FFE4B5). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: moccasin (#FFE4B5) — not an exact match. CSS moccasin gives you #FFE4B5, a different color; use #F2EEBC 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.

#F2EEBC 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 #BBBFF2; it also sits naturally between #F2D3BB and #DAF2BB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F2EEBC · RGB 242, 238, 188

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Color values

HEX#F2EEBC
RGB242, 238, 188
HSL56°, 67%, 84%
HSV56°, 22%, 95%
CMYK0%, 2%, 22%, 5%
XYZ76.27, 83.66, 59.70
Yxy83.66, 0.3473, 0.3809
CIE-Lab93.30, -6.50, 24.75
Hunter Lab91.46, -6.43, 21.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 93% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 22% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F2EEBC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F2EEBC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F2EEBC

.text { color: #F2EEBC; }
.background { background-color: #F2EEBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F2EEBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 238, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 67%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F2EEBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 238, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F2EEBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 238, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F2EEBC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F2EEBC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F2EEBC

#EBE599#E4DD77#DDD455#D7CC33#BBB125#99911E#777118#555111#33300A#111003

Tints of #F2EEBC

#F2EFBF#F3F0C3#F5F2CC#F6F3D0#F7F4D4#F7F5D9#F8F6DD#FAF9E5#FBFAEA#FCFBEE

Tones of #F2EEBC

#EDEABF#EAE7C3#E6E4C7#E2E0CA#DEDDCE#DADAD2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BBBFF2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.73:1 AAA

Best text color on #F2EEBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F2EEBC

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 #F2EEBC: ·

How #F2EEBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0F0C8Deuteranopia · #F1F1CBTritanopia · #F2D2D4

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 #F2EEBC rather than the exact color:

Palette 9a3b3b
#9A3B3B · #C08261 · #E2C799 · #F2ECBE
Palette Dbf1f2
#DBF1F2 · #CD5555 · #882042 · #EFEDBB
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #C4DFAA · #90C8AC · #73A9AD
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #DBDFAA · #B3C890 · #73A9AD
Palette A2d2df
#A2D2DF · #F6EFBD · #E4C087 · #BC7C7C
Palette 4b1426
#4B1426 · #17433F · #558467 · #EFEABB

Similar colors

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

#F2ECBE#EFEDBB#F5F0BB#F6EFBD#EFEABB#F6EABE#F2EDC2#ECECBB#F3ECC2#F0F0C2#F1ECC3#F4F4C0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F2EEBB  ·  #F2EEBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F2EEBC?

#F2EEBC is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 242, 238, 188). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F2EEBC?

#F2EEBC is RGB 242, 238, 188 — HSL 56°, 67%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 22%, 5%.

What colors go with #F2EEBC?

Its complement is #BBBFF2; analogous partners are #F2D3BB and #DAF2BB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F2EEBC for text?

Black text on #F2EEBC has a contrast ratio of 17.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.