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#FAECA3 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FAECA3 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #FAECA3 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.

#FAECA3 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 #A3B1FA; it also sits naturally between #FAC0A3 and #DDFAA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAECA3 · RGB 250, 236, 163

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Color values

HEX#FAECA3
RGB250, 236, 163
HSL50°, 90%, 81%
HSV50°, 35%, 98%
CMYK0%, 6%, 35%, 2%
XYZ76.03, 82.96, 46.66
Yxy82.96, 0.3697, 0.4034
CIE-Lab93.00, -5.67, 37.14
Hunter Lab91.08, -5.61, 29.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 93% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 35% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAECA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAECA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAECA3

.text { color: #FAECA3; }
.background { background-color: #FAECA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAECA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 236, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(50, 90%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAECA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 236, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAECA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 236, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAECA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAECA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAECA3

#F8E37C#F6DC5A#F4D434#F2CC0D#D0AF0B#AA8F09#836E07#5C4E05#3A3103#131001

Tints of #FAECA3

#FBEEAD#FBEFB1#FBF1BB#FCF2C0#FCF4CA#FCF5CF#FDF7D8#FDF8DD#FEFAE7#FEFBEC

Tones of #FAECA3

#F4E7A9#EEE3B0#E7DFB6#E1DBBC#DBD7C2#D5D3C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3B1FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.59:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAECA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAECA3

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 #FAECA3: ·

How #FAECA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4B5Deuteranopia · #F5F6B9Tritanopia · #F9C3C6

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAECA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette F9e8a2
#F9E8A2 · #B4E1EB · #95BDD7 · #78A4CB
Rustic Ruby Breeze
#9F2D1C · #DB3E10 · #E5B46E · #FBEBA8
Palette Fdeb9e
#FDEB9E · #7AE2CF · #077A7D · #06202B
Palette 000b58
#000B58 · #003161 · #006A67 · #FDEB9E
Burning Voyage
#B61E11 · #EB722D · #F1C36D · #F6F1A1
Palette Dcffb7
#DCFFB7 · #FF6868 · #FFBB64 · #FFEAA7

Similar colors

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

#F9E8A2#FBEBA8#FDEB9E#F6F1A1#FFEAA7#F7EDA9#F6F09F#FFEF9F#FFEC9E#F6ECA9#FEF2A0#F9E6A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAECA2  ·  #FAECA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAECA3?

#FAECA3 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 236, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAECA3?

#FAECA3 is RGB 250, 236, 163 — HSL 50°, 90%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 35%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAECA3?

Its complement is #A3B1FA; analogous partners are #FAC0A3 and #DDFAA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAECA3 for text?

Black text on #FAECA3 has a contrast ratio of 17.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.