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#FAEE03 — Vivid Yellow

#FAEE03 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Yellow (#FFFF00). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellow (#FFFF00) — not an exact match. CSS yellow gives you #FFFF00, a different color; use #FAEE03 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.

#FAEE03 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 #030FFC; it also sits naturally between #FC7303 and #8CFC03. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAEE03 · RGB 250, 238, 3

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Color values

HEX#FAEE03
RGB250, 238, 3
HSL57°, 98%, 50%
HSV57°, 99%, 98%
CMYK0%, 5%, 99%, 2%
XYZ70.02, 81.48, 12.12
Yxy81.48, 0.4279, 0.4980
CIE-Lab92.34, -15.44, 90.59
Hunter Lab90.27, -14.92, 52.24

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 93% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 99% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAEE03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAEE03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAEE03

.text { color: #FAEE03; }
.background { background-color: #FAEE03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAEE03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 238, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 98%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAEE03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 238, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAEE03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 238, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAEE03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAEE03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAEE03

#E3D802#CFC502#B6AD02#A29A02#888201#6F6A01#5B5601#423E01#2D2B00#141300

Tints of #FAEE03

#FDF11C#FDF330#FDF449#FDF55D#FEF777#FEF890#FEFAA4#FEFBBD#FFFCD2#FFFEEB

Tones of #FAEE03

#EBE014#D9D026#C7C038#B5B04A#A3A05C#91906E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #030FFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.30:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAEE03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAEE03

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 #FAEE03: ·

How #FAEE03 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F53CDeuteranopia · #F6F649Tritanopia · #F96973

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 Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAEE03 rather than the exact color:

Palette 4379f2
#4379F2 · #FFEB00 · #6EC207 · #117554
Palette 000957
#000957 · #344CB7 · #577BC1 · #FFEB00
Palette Fff100
#FFF100 · #006BFF · #08C2FF · #BCF2F6
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F

Similar colors

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

#FFEB00#FFF100#FCE700#FFE700#F9E400#FFE100#FCF211#F7FD04#EBF400#FFDB00#FCDA05#FFD700

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAEE02  ·  #FAEE04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAEE03?

#FAEE03 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 238, 3). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAEE03?

#FAEE03 is RGB 250, 238, 3 — HSL 57°, 98%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 99%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAEE03?

Its complement is #030FFC; analogous partners are #FC7303 and #8CFC03. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAEE03 for text?

Black text on #FAEE03 has a contrast ratio of 17.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.