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#F4EACA — Pale Yellow

#F4EACA 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 #F4EACA 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.

#F4EACA 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 #C8D2F4; it also sits naturally between #F4D4C8 and #E8F4C8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4EACA · RGB 244, 234, 202

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Color values

HEX#F4EACA
RGB244, 234, 202
HSL46°, 66%, 87%
HSV46°, 17%, 96%
CMYK0%, 4%, 17%, 4%
XYZ77.39, 82.34, 67.69
Yxy82.34, 0.3403, 0.3621
CIE-Lab92.73, -1.75, 16.76
Hunter Lab90.74, -1.74, 14.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 92% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 17% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F4EACA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4EACA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4EACA

.text { color: #F4EACA; }
.background { background-color: #F4EACA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4EACA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 234, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 66%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4EACA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 234, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4EACA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 234, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4EACA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4EACA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4EACA

#EDDCA6#E5CD80#DEC05E#D7B33C#C39F28#9D8020#7B6419#594812#33290A#110E03

Tints of #F4EACA

#F5EBCC#F5EDD0#F6EED5#F7F0D9#F8F2DD#F8F2DD#F9F3E1#FAF5E6#FBF7EA#FCF8EE

Tones of #F4EACA

#F1E8CB#EDE6CE#EAE5D1#E7E3D5#E4E1D8#E1DFDB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C8D2F4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.47:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4EACA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F4EACA

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 #F4EACA: ·

How #F4EACA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0F0D2Deuteranopia · #F0F1D4Tritanopia · #F3D8D9

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 #F4EACA rather than the exact color:

Palette D1e9f6
#D1E9F6 · #F6EACB · #F1D3CE · #EECAD5
Palette 99e1e5
#99E1E5 · #F3E8CB · #F2C6B4 · #FBAFAF
Palette 5f5d9c
#5F5D9C · #6196A6 · #A4CE95 · #F4EDCC
Palette F5e8c7
#F5E8C7 · #DEBA9D · #9E7777 · #6F4C5B
Palette F5e8c7
#F5E8C7 · #ECCCB2 · #DEB6AB · #AC7088
Palette 7d0a0a
#7D0A0A · #BF3131 · #EAD196 · #F3EDC8

Similar colors

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

#F6EACB#F3E8CB#F4EDCC#F5E8C7#F3EDC8#F6E6CB#F6EEC9#F5EEC8#F2E8C6#F0EAC7#F5E7C6#F1E6C9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4EAC9  ·  #F4EACB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4EACA?

#F4EACA is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 244, 234, 202). Its closest standard named color is BlanchedAlmond.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4EACA?

#F4EACA is RGB 244, 234, 202 — HSL 46°, 66%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 17%, 4%.

What colors go with #F4EACA?

Its complement is #C8D2F4; analogous partners are #F4D4C8 and #E8F4C8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4EACA for text?

Black text on #F4EACA has a contrast ratio of 17.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.