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#FAEBAB — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FAEBAB is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #FAEBAB 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.

#FAEBAB 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 #ADBBFA; it also sits naturally between #FAC6AD and #E2FAAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAEBAB · RGB 250, 235, 171

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Color values

HEX#FAEBAB
RGB250, 235, 171
HSL49°, 89%, 83%
HSV49°, 32%, 98%
CMYK0%, 6%, 32%, 2%
XYZ76.48, 82.68, 50.46
Yxy82.68, 0.3649, 0.3944
CIE-Lab92.87, -4.22, 32.95
Hunter Lab90.93, -4.19, 26.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 92% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 32% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FAEBAB

.text { color: #FAEBAB; }
.background { background-color: #FAEBAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAEBAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 235, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(49, 89%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAEBAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 235, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAEBAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 235, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FAEBAB

#F8E387#F6DA60#F3D139#F1C813#D4AF0C#AE900A#877008#605006#3A3003#131001

Tints of #FAEBAB

#FBEDB2#FBEFBC#FBF1C0#FCF2C5#FCF4CF#FCF5D4#FDF6D8#FDF7DD#FEF9E7#FEFBEC

Tones of #FAEBAB

#F5E9B3#EFE5B8#EAE2BE#E4DEC3#DEDBC9#D9D7CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADBBFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.54:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAEBAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAEBAB

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 #FAEBAB: ·

How #FAEBAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F3BADeuteranopia · #F4F6BETritanopia · #F9C7C9

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Be1a1a
#BE1A1A · #D0311E · #F7D87F · #F8EBAB
Rustic Ruby Breeze
#9F2D1C · #DB3E10 · #E5B46E · #FBEBA8
Silent Ember
#BA12A6 · #EA235E · #F0895F · #F7EDA9
Palette 11235a
#11235A · #596FB7 · #C6CF9B · #F6ECA9
Dusty Ruby
#FF933E · #FFCB56 · #FFE9A9 · #73A5CA
Honey Ruby
#F9E6A8 · #F2A900 · #CC6F00 · #4D2A00

Similar colors

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

#F8EBAB#FBEBA8#F7EDA9#F6ECA9#FFE9A9#F9E6A8#F4EBAB#FEEFAD#FAEAB1#FFEEA9#FFE9AE#FFEEAD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAEBAA  ·  #FAEBAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAEBAB?

#FAEBAB is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 235, 171). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAEBAB?

#FAEBAB is RGB 250, 235, 171 — HSL 49°, 89%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 32%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAEBAB?

Its complement is #ADBBFA; analogous partners are #FAC6AD and #E2FAAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAEBAB for text?

Black text on #FAEBAB has a contrast ratio of 17.54:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.