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#FAEB7C — Light Vivid Yellow

#FAEB7C 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 #FAEB7C 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.

#FAEB7C 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 #7A89FA; it also sits naturally between #FAAB7A and #C9FA7A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAEB7C · RGB 250, 235, 124

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Color values

HEX#FAEB7C
RGB250, 235, 124
HSL53°, 93%, 73%
HSV53°, 50%, 98%
CMYK0%, 6%, 50%, 2%
XYZ72.77, 81.20, 30.91
Yxy81.20, 0.3936, 0.4392
CIE-Lab92.22, -9.05, 55.15
Hunter Lab90.11, -8.86, 39.29

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 92% · Blue 49%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 50% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAEB7C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAEB7C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAEB7C

.text { color: #FAEB7C; }
.background { background-color: #FAEB7C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAEB7C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 235, 124); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 93%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAEB7C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 235, 124, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAEB7C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 235, 124, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAEB7C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAEB7C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAEB7C

#F9E658#F8E135#F6DC13#DDC508#C0AA07#9D8C06#7B6D04#594F03#363002#141101

Tints of #FAEB7C

#FBED84#FBEF93#FBF09D#FCF2A6#FCF4B5#FDF5BF#FDF7C9#FDF8D3#FEFBE1#FEFCEB

Tones of #FAEB7C

#F1E483#E8DD8D#DFD696#D6CF9F#CDC8A8#C3C1B1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7A89FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAEB7C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAEB7C

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 #FAEB7C: ·

How #FAEB7C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F397Deuteranopia · #F4F69DTritanopia · #F9ACB1

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 #FAEB7C rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffe97d
#FFE97D · #FFEF9F · #E13F7C · #FF537B
Palette 9195f6
#9195F6 · #B7C9F2 · #F9F07A · #FB88B4
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD
Palette Fa5c5c
#FA5C5C · #FD8A6B · #FEC288 · #FBEF76
Palette Fffde1
#FFFDE1 · #FBE580 · #93BD57 · #980404
Palette 448ef6
#448EF6 · #75C2F6 · #65DAF7 · #FFE981

Similar colors

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

#FFE97D#F9F07A#FFEE7D#FBEF76#FBE580#FFE981#FCED83#FFF078#FFEF82#F4F27E#F8ED86#F2E47F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAEB7B  ·  #FAEB7D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAEB7C?

#FAEB7C is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 235, 124). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAEB7C?

#FAEB7C is RGB 250, 235, 124 — HSL 53°, 93%, 73% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 50%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAEB7C?

Its complement is #7A89FA; analogous partners are #FAAB7A and #C9FA7A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAEB7C for text?

Black text on #FAEB7C has a contrast ratio of 17.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.