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#F5EFCC — Pale Yellow

#F5EFCC 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 #F5EFCC 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.

#F5EFCC 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 #CCD2F5; it also sits naturally between #F5DACC and #E7F5CC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F5EFCC · RGB 245, 239, 204

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Color values

HEX#F5EFCC
RGB245, 239, 204
HSL51°, 67%, 88%
HSV51°, 17%, 96%
CMYK0%, 2%, 17%, 4%
XYZ79.42, 85.51, 69.44
Yxy85.51, 0.3389, 0.3648
CIE-Lab94.10, -3.63, 17.67
Hunter Lab92.47, -3.62, 15.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 94% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 17% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F5EFCC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F5EFCC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F5EFCC

.text { color: #F5EFCC; }
.background { background-color: #F5EFCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F5EFCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(245, 239, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 67%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F5EFCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(245, 239, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F5EFCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(245, 239, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F5EFCC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F5EFCC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F5EFCC

#EEE4AA#E7D884#E0CD61#D8C13B#C4AC27#A28E20#7B6D18#594F12#332D0A#110F03

Tints of #F5EFCC

#F6F0D0#F7F1D4#F7F1D4#F7F3D9#F8F4DD#F9F6E1#FAF7E5#FAF7E5#FBF8EA#FCFAEE

Tones of #F5EFCC

#F2EDCF#EFEBD2#ECE9D5#E9E7D8#E6E4DB#E3E3DD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCD2F5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.16:1 Fails
Against black text18.10:1 AAA

Best text color on #F5EFCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F5EFCC

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 #F5EFCC: ·

How #F5EFCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F2D4Deuteranopia · #F3F3D7Tritanopia · #F5DBDD

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 #F5EFCC rather than the exact color:

Palette 3674b5
#3674B5 · #578FCA · #F5F0CD · #FADA7A
Palette B1f0f7
#B1F0F7 · #81BFDA · #F5F0CD · #FADA7A
Palette 5f5d9c
#5F5D9C · #6196A6 · #A4CE95 · #F4EDCC
Palette 192655
#192655 · #3876BF · #E1AA74 · #F3F0CA
Palette Af460f
#AF460F · #FE8761 · #FED39F · #F6EEC9
Palette 799351
#799351 · #A1DD70 · #F6EEC9 · #EE4E4E

Similar colors

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

#F5F0CD#F4EDCC#F3F0CA#F6EEC9#F3F1CE#F7F1CF#F5EEC8#F3F2C9#F3EDC8#F5F3C9#F6EEC7#F6EACB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F5EFCB  ·  #F5EFCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F5EFCC?

#F5EFCC is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 245, 239, 204). Its closest standard named color is BlanchedAlmond.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F5EFCC?

#F5EFCC is RGB 245, 239, 204 — HSL 51°, 67%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 17%, 4%.

What colors go with #F5EFCC?

Its complement is #CCD2F5; analogous partners are #F5DACC and #E7F5CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F5EFCC for text?

Black text on #F5EFCC has a contrast ratio of 18.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.16:1.