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#F2EECC — Pale Yellow

#F2EECC is a yellow color we call Pale Yellow, closest to the named color BlanchedAlmond (#FFEBCD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blanchedalmond (#FFEBCD) — not an exact match. CSS blanchedalmond gives you #FFEBCD, a different color; use #F2EECC 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.

#F2EECC 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 #CACEF1; it also sits naturally between #F1DACA and #E2F1CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F2EECC · RGB 242, 238, 204

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Color values

HEX#F2EECC
RGB242, 238, 204
HSL54°, 59%, 87%
HSV54°, 16%, 95%
CMYK0%, 2%, 16%, 5%
XYZ78.09, 84.39, 69.30
Yxy84.39, 0.3369, 0.3641
CIE-Lab93.62, -4.19, 16.96
Hunter Lab91.86, -4.17, 15.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 93% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 16% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F2EECC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F2EECC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F2EECC

.text { color: #F2EECC; }
.background { background-color: #F2EECC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F2EECC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 238, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(54, 59%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F2EECC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 238, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F2EECC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 238, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F2EECC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F2EECC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F2EECC

#E9E3AA#E0D785#D7CC65#CFC144#BBAD30#968B27#766D1E#554F16#312D0D#100F04

Tints of #F2EECC

#F2EFCE#F3F0D2#F5F2D6#F6F3DB#F7F4DF#F7F4DF#F8F6E3#F9F7E7#FAF8EB#FBFAEF

Tones of #F2EECC

#EFEBCD#ECE9D0#E9E7D3#E6E4D6#E3E2D8#E1E0DB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CACEF1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #F2EECC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F2EECC

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 #F2EECC: ·

How #F2EECC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0F0D4Deuteranopia · #F1F1D6Tritanopia · #F2DBDC

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 #F2EECC rather than the exact color:

Palette 5f5d9c
#5F5D9C · #6196A6 · #A4CE95 · #F4EDCC
Palette 192655
#192655 · #3876BF · #E1AA74 · #F3F0CA
Modern Ruby Marble
#C3C61D · #23DCDF · #CA1DC6 · #F3F1CE
Palette 3674b5
#3674B5 · #578FCA · #F5F0CD · #FADA7A
Palette B1f0f7
#B1F0F7 · #81BFDA · #F5F0CD · #FADA7A
Palette 000000
#000000 · #0B60B0 · #40A2D8 · #F0EDCF

Similar colors

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

#F4EDCC#F3F0CA#F3F1CE#F5F0CD#F0EDCF#F0EBCE#F3EDC8#F6EEC9#F5EEC8#F1F2C9#F3F2C9#F2EDD1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F2EECB  ·  #F2EECD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F2EECC?

#F2EECC is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 242, 238, 204). Its closest standard named color is BlanchedAlmond.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F2EECC?

#F2EECC is RGB 242, 238, 204 — HSL 54°, 59%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 16%, 5%.

What colors go with #F2EECC?

Its complement is #CACEF1; analogous partners are #F1DACA and #E2F1CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F2EECC for text?

Black text on #F2EECC has a contrast ratio of 17.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.