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#FAEB66 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FAEB66 is a yellow color we call Light Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #FAEB66 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.

#FAEB66 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #6675FA; it also sits naturally between #FAA166 and #BFFA66. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAEB66 · RGB 250, 235, 102

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Color values

HEX#FAEB66
RGB250, 235, 102
HSL54°, 94%, 69%
HSV54°, 59%, 98%
CMYK0%, 6%, 59%, 2%
XYZ71.53, 80.70, 24.38
Yxy80.70, 0.4050, 0.4569
CIE-Lab92.00, -10.71, 64.76
Hunter Lab89.83, -10.44, 43.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 92% · Blue 40%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 59% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAEB66 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAEB66 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAEB66

.text { color: #FAEB66; }
.background { background-color: #FAEB66; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAEB66; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 235, 102); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(54, 94%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAEB66; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 235, 102, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAEB66; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 235, 102, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAEB66">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAEB66">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAEB66

#F9E848#F8E325#F7DF08#D5C007#B7A506#948605#776B04#544C03#363102#141201

Tints of #FAEB66

#FBED74#FBEF7E#FBF08D#FCF29C#FCF4AB#FDF6B5#FDF7C4#FEF9D2#FEFBDC#FEFCEB

Tones of #FAEB66

#F0E370#E5DA7B#DBD285#D0C990#C5C19B#BAB8A6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6675FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.14:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAEB66: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAEB66

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 #FAEB66: ·

How #FAEB66 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F386Deuteranopia · #F4F68ETritanopia · #F9A0A5

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:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAEB66 rather than the exact color:

Palette D04848
#D04848 · #F3B95F · #FDE767 · #6895D2
Palette F6e96b
#F6E96B · #BEDC74 · #A2CA71 · #387F39
Palette Faf2d3
#FAF2D3 · #F4E869 · #3085C3 · #5CD2E6
Palette Ffea6c
#FFEA6C · #FFFBA7 · #FFA6FB · #FF61F8
Ruby Voyage
#006199 · #8ACFF8 · #F4EB6C · #FFD444
Palette 4d2b8c
#4D2B8C · #85409D · #EEA727 · #FFEF5F

Similar colors

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

#FDE767#F6E96B#F4E869#FFEA6C#F4EB6C#FFEF5F#F3F169#FAEF5D#FAF562#FBF46D#F2ED6F#FFF76A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAEB65  ·  #FAEB67 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAEB66?

#FAEB66 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 235, 102). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAEB66?

#FAEB66 is RGB 250, 235, 102 — HSL 54°, 94%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 59%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAEB66?

Its complement is #6675FA; analogous partners are #FAA166 and #BFFA66. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAEB66 for text?

Black text on #FAEB66 has a contrast ratio of 17.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.