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#FAEEAC — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FAEEAC 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 #FAEEAC 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.

#FAEEAC 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 #ADB9FA; it also sits naturally between #FAC8AD and #DFFAAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAEEAC · RGB 250, 238, 172

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Color values

HEX#FAEEAC
RGB250, 238, 172
HSL51°, 89%, 83%
HSV51°, 31%, 98%
CMYK0%, 5%, 31%, 2%
XYZ77.45, 84.45, 51.25
Yxy84.45, 0.3633, 0.3962
CIE-Lab93.65, -5.61, 33.47
Hunter Lab91.90, -5.57, 27.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 93% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 31% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FAEEAC

.text { color: #FAEEAC; }
.background { background-color: #FAEEAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAEEAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 238, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 89%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAEEAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 238, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAEEAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 238, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FAEEAC

#F8E787#F6DF60#F3D839#F1D013#D4B60C#AE950A#877408#605306#3A3203#131101

Tints of #FAEEAC

#FBF0B2#FBF2BC#FBF3C0#FCF3C5#FCF5CF#FCF6D4#FDF7D8#FDF8DD#FEFAE7#FEFBEC

Tones of #FAEEAC

#F5EBB3#EFE7B8#EAE3BE#E4DFC3#DEDBC9#D9D8CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADB9FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.89:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAEEAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAEEAC

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 #FAEEAC: ·

How #FAEEAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F5BCDeuteranopia · #F6F6C0Tritanopia · #F9C9CB

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 #FAEEAC rather than the exact color:

Palette Be1a1a
#BE1A1A · #D0311E · #F7D87F · #F8EBAB
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #68D2E8 · #FDDE55 · #FEEFAD
Silent Ember
#BA12A6 · #EA235E · #F0895F · #F7EDA9
Rustic Ruby Breeze
#9F2D1C · #DB3E10 · #E5B46E · #FBEBA8
Palette 96ceb4
#96CEB4 · #FFEEAD · #D9534F · #FFAD60
Palette A66e38
#A66E38 · #FFAD60 · #FFEEAD · #96CEB4

Similar colors

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

#F8EBAB#FEEFAD#F7EDA9#FBEBA8#FFEEAD#F6ECA9#FFEEA9#FAEAB1#FBF0B2#FBECB2#F4EEA9#F4EBAB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAEEAB  ·  #FAEEAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAEEAC?

#FAEEAC is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 238, 172). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAEEAC?

#FAEEAC is RGB 250, 238, 172 — HSL 51°, 89%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 31%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAEEAC?

Its complement is #ADB9FA; analogous partners are #FAC8AD and #DFFAAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAEEAC for text?

Black text on #FAEEAC has a contrast ratio of 17.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.