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#FAECB3 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FAECB3 is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Moccasin (#FFE4B5). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: moccasin (#FFE4B5) — not an exact match. CSS moccasin gives you #FFE4B5, a different color; use #FAECB3 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.

#FAECB3 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 #B2C1FA; it also sits naturally between #FAC8B2 and #E5FAB2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAECB3 · RGB 250, 236, 179

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Color values

HEX#FAECB3
RGB250, 236, 179
HSL48°, 88%, 84%
HSV48°, 28%, 98%
CMYK0%, 6%, 28%, 2%
XYZ77.56, 83.57, 54.69
Yxy83.57, 0.3594, 0.3872
CIE-Lab93.26, -3.73, 29.40
Hunter Lab91.42, -3.72, 24.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 93% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 28% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAECB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAECB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAECB3

.text { color: #FAECB3; }
.background { background-color: #FAECB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAECB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 236, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 88%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAECB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 236, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAECB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 236, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAECB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAECB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAECB3

#F8E28C#F5D866#F3CF3F#F0C519#D3AB0D#AD8C0B#866D09#604E06#3A2F04#131001

Tints of #FAECB3

#FAEDB7#FBEEBC#FBF1C5#FCF2CA#FCF3CF#FCF4D4#FDF5D9#FDF8E2#FDF9E7#FEFAEC

Tones of #FAECB3

#F5E9B8#F0E6BC#EBE2C2#E6E0C7#E0DCCC#DCD9D1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B2C1FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAECB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAECB3

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 #FAECB3: ·

How #FAECB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4C1Deuteranopia · #F5F6C4Tritanopia · #F9CCCE

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 #FAECB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fbecb2
#FBECB2 · #F8BDEB · #5272F2 · #072541
Palette Faf8f1
#FAF8F1 · #FAEAB1 · #34656D · #334443
Palette Faf8f1
#FAF8F1 · #FAEAB1 · #E5BA73 · #C58940
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Palette Fbf0b2
#FBF0B2 · #FFC7EA · #D8B4F8 · #CAEDFF
Palette F3ca52
#F3CA52 · #F6E9B2 · #0A6847 · #7ABA78

Similar colors

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

#FBECB2#FAEAB1#FEECB3#FBF0B2#F6E9B2#F9E7B2#FFEBB4#FFEBB2#F6E9B5#FFEEB3#FDE7B3#FFEFB4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAECB2  ·  #FAECB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAECB3?

#FAECB3 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 236, 179). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAECB3?

#FAECB3 is RGB 250, 236, 179 — HSL 48°, 88%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 28%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAECB3?

Its complement is #B2C1FA; analogous partners are #FAC8B2 and #E5FAB2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAECB3 for text?

Black text on #FAECB3 has a contrast ratio of 17.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.