Palettes / Colors / #FAFAEA

#FAFAEA — Pale Yellow

#FAFAEA is a yellow color we call Pale Yellow, closest to the named color OldLace (#FDF5E6). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: oldlace (#FDF5E6) — not an exact match. CSS oldlace gives you #FDF5E6, a different color; use #FAFAEA 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.

#FAFAEA 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 #EAEAFA; it also sits naturally between #FAF2EA and #F2FAEA. 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 98% · Blue 92%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #FAFAEA

.text { color: #FAFAEA; }
.background { background-color: #FAFAEA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAFAEA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 250, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 62%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAFAEA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 250, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAFAEA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 250, 234, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EAEAFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FAFAEA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAFAEA

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 #FAFAEA 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 #FAFAEA 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

← #FAFAE9  ·  #FAFAEB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAFAEA?

#FAFAEA is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 250, 250, 234). Its closest standard named color is OldLace.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAFAEA?

#FAFAEA is RGB 250, 250, 234 — HSL 60°, 62%, 95% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 6%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAFAEA?

Its complement is #EAEAFA; analogous partners are #FAF2EA and #F2FAEA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAFAEA for text?

Black text on #FAFAEA has a contrast ratio of 19.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.05:1.