Palettes / Colors / #FAEE42

#FAEE42 — Vivid Yellow

#FAEE42 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 #FAEE42 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.

#FAEE42 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 #424EFA; it also sits naturally between #FA9242 and #AAFA42. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 93% · Blue 26%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 74% · Key 2%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FAEE42

.text { color: #FAEE42; }
.background { background-color: #FAEE42; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAEE42; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 238, 66); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 95%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAEE42; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 238, 66, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAEE42; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 238, 66, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAEE42">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAEE42">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAEE42

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #424EFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FAEE42: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAEE42

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:

How #FAEE42 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAEE42 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAEE41  ·  #FAEE43 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAEE42?

#FAEE42 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 238, 66). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAEE42?

#FAEE42 is RGB 250, 238, 66 — HSL 56°, 95%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 74%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAEE42?

Its complement is #424EFA; analogous partners are #FA9242 and #AAFA42. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAEE42 for text?

Black text on #FAEE42 has a contrast ratio of 17.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.