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#FAEB89 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FAEB89 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 #FAEB89 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.

#FAEB89 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 #8999FA; it also sits naturally between #FAB389 and #D1FA89. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAEB89 · RGB 250, 235, 137

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Color values

HEX#FAEB89
RGB250, 235, 137
HSL52°, 92%, 76%
HSV52°, 45%, 98%
CMYK0%, 6%, 45%, 2%
XYZ73.65, 81.55, 35.53
Yxy81.55, 0.3862, 0.4276
CIE-Lab92.37, -7.89, 49.17
Hunter Lab90.30, -7.75, 36.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 92% · Blue 54%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 45% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAEB89 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAEB89 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAEB89

.text { color: #FAEB89; }
.background { background-color: #FAEB89; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAEB89; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 235, 137); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 92%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAEB89; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 235, 137, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAEB89; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 235, 137, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAEB89">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAEB89">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAEB89

#F9E567#F7DF45#F6D91E#E6C90A#C4AB08#A28D07#7F6F05#584D04#362F02#141101

Tints of #FAEB89

#FBED93#FBEE9D#FBF0A7#FCF2B1#FCF3BA#FDF5C4#FDF7CE#FDF8D8#FEFAE2#FEFCEB

Tones of #FAEB89

#F2E591#EADF99#E2DAA1#DAD3AA#D2CDB2#CAC8BA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8999FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.31:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAEB89: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAEB89

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 #FAEB89: ·

How #FAEB89 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F3A1Deuteranopia · #F4F6A6Tritanopia · #F9B3B8

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 #FAEB89 rather than the exact color:

Palette F8ed86
#F8ED86 · #A5E9DB · #2CA4BF · #415B90
Palette 89ac46
#89AC46 · #D3E671 · #F8ED8C · #FF8989
Palette F599c6
#F599C6 · #FFEA88 · #7DCCAD · #4D6787
Frozen Mosaic
#8D4B1E · #E47325 · #F6AC41 · #FCED83
Electric Ruby Lagoon
#A41F1B · #CB2A20 · #D88C5B · #F9E486
Palette Ffed8f
#FFED8F · #A7D46F · #359768 · #3C3352

Similar colors

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

#F8ED86#F8ED8C#FFEA88#FCED83#F9E486#FFED8F#FCE38A#FFF287#FAEB92#FCEF91#FEEE91#FFEF82

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAEB88  ·  #FAEB8A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAEB89?

#FAEB89 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 235, 137). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAEB89?

#FAEB89 is RGB 250, 235, 137 — HSL 52°, 92%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 45%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAEB89?

Its complement is #8999FA; analogous partners are #FAB389 and #D1FA89. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAEB89 for text?

Black text on #FAEB89 has a contrast ratio of 17.31:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.