Palettes / Colors / #FAEFAA

#FAEFAA — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FAEFAA 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 #FAEFAA 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.

#FAEFAA 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 #A8B3FA; it also sits naturally between #FAC6A8 and #DCFAA8. 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 94% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 4% · Yellow 32% · Key 2%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FAEFAA

.text { color: #FAEFAA; }
.background { background-color: #FAEFAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAEFAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 239, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 89%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAEFAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 239, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAEFAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 239, 170, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8B3FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FAEFAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAEFAA

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 #FAEFAA 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 #FAEFAA 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

← #FAEFA9  ·  #FAEFAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAEFAA?

#FAEFAA is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 239, 170). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAEFAA?

#FAEFAA is RGB 250, 239, 170 — HSL 52°, 89%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 4%, 32%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAEFAA?

Its complement is #A8B3FA; analogous partners are #FAC6A8 and #DCFAA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAEFAA for text?

Black text on #FAEFAA has a contrast ratio of 17.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.