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#FAEB80 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FAEB80 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 #FAEB80 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.

#FAEB80 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 #808EFA; it also sits naturally between #FAAE80 and #CBFA80. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAEB80 · RGB 250, 235, 128

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Color values

HEX#FAEB80
RGB250, 235, 128
HSL53°, 92%, 74%
HSV53°, 49%, 98%
CMYK0%, 6%, 49%, 2%
XYZ73.03, 81.30, 32.27
Yxy81.30, 0.3914, 0.4357
CIE-Lab92.26, -8.70, 53.32
Hunter Lab90.17, -8.53, 38.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 92% · Blue 50%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 49% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAEB80 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAEB80 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAEB80

.text { color: #FAEB80; }
.background { background-color: #FAEB80; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAEB80; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 235, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 92%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAEB80; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 235, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAEB80; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 235, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAEB80">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAEB80">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAEB80

#F8E65D#F7E13B#F5DC19#E1C809#BFAA08#9D8B07#7A6D05#584E04#363002#141101

Tints of #FAEB80

#FAED89#FBEE93#FBF1A2#FCF2AC#FCF4B6#FCF5BF#FDF7C9#FDF9D8#FEFAE2#FEFCEB

Tones of #FAEB80

#F1E588#E8DE91#E0D89A#D7D1A3#CECAAB#C5C3B4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #808EFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAEB80: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAEB80

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 #FAEB80: ·

How #FAEB80 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F39ADeuteranopia · #F4F6A0Tritanopia · #F9AEB3

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 · #CDDC39Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAEB80 rather than the exact color:

Frozen Mosaic
#8D4B1E · #E47325 · #F6AC41 · #FCED83
Palette 448ef6
#448EF6 · #75C2F6 · #65DAF7 · #FFE981
Palette Fffde1
#FFFDE1 · #FBE580 · #93BD57 · #980404
Palette Ffe97d
#FFE97D · #FFEF9F · #E13F7C · #FF537B
Palette Ffee7d
#FFEE7D · #534C98 · #B767FF · #44FADD
Palette F8ed86
#F8ED86 · #A5E9DB · #2CA4BF · #415B90

Similar colors

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

#FCED83#FFE981#FBE580#FFE97D#FFEE7D#F8ED86#FFEF82#F9F07A#F9E486#F4F27E#FFEA88#FFE382

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAEB7F  ·  #FAEB81 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAEB80?

#FAEB80 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 235, 128). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAEB80?

#FAEB80 is RGB 250, 235, 128 — HSL 53°, 92%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 49%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAEB80?

Its complement is #808EFA; analogous partners are #FAAE80 and #CBFA80. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAEB80 for text?

Black text on #FAEB80 has a contrast ratio of 17.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.