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#FBEABA — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FBEABA is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Moccasin (#FFE4B5). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: moccasin (#FFE4B5) — not an exact match. CSS moccasin gives you #FFE4B5, a different color; use #FBEABA 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.

#FBEABA 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 #BCCCFB; it also sits naturally between #FBCABC and #ECFBBC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBEABA · RGB 251, 234, 186

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Color values

HEX#FBEABA
RGB251, 234, 186
HSL44°, 89%, 86%
HSV44°, 26%, 98%
CMYK0%, 7%, 26%, 2%
XYZ78.07, 82.90, 58.34
Yxy82.90, 0.3560, 0.3780
CIE-Lab92.97, -1.44, 25.44
Hunter Lab91.05, -1.44, 21.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 92% · Blue 73%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 26% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FBEABA

.text { color: #FBEABA; }
.background { background-color: #FBEABA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBEABA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 234, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 89%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBEABA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 234, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBEABA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 234, 186, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FBEABA

#F9DE95#F7D26E#F4C543#F2B91C#D9A20D#B2860A#8C6908#604806#3A2B03#130E01

Tints of #FBEABA

#FBECC0#FCEDC5#FCEFCA#FCF0CF#FCF2D4#FDF3D8#FDF5DD#FDF6E2#FEF8E7#FEF9EC

Tones of #FBEABA

#F6E8C0#F2E6C4#EEE4C9#E9E2CE#E4DFD2#E0DDD7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BCCCFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.58:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBEABA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBEABA

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 #FBEABA: ·

How #FBEABA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F3C6Deuteranopia · #F5F6C8Tritanopia · #FACFD1

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Aa5486
#AA5486 · #FC8F54 · #FDE7BB · #FBF4DB
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Royal Ruby
#601D49 · #BD5579 · #EA9D9D · #FFEBB8
Vivid Ruby
#FFEDB9 · #FFCB56 · #FFA259 · #FF7E7E
Palette 70d4b4
#70D4B4 · #FFEBB7 · #BBBBBB · #AAAAAA
Palette 9ddcdc
#9DDCDC · #FFF4E1 · #FFEBB7 · #E67A7A

Similar colors

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

#FDE7BB#FFEABB#FFEBB8#FFEDB9#FFEBB7#FFEEBB#FFE8BE#FFE6BC#FFE8B6#F6E7BC#F6EABE#FFEFBC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBEAB9  ·  #FBEABB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBEABA?

#FBEABA is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 234, 186). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBEABA?

#FBEABA is RGB 251, 234, 186 — HSL 44°, 89%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 26%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBEABA?

Its complement is #BCCCFB; analogous partners are #FBCABC and #ECFBBC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBEABA for text?

Black text on #FBEABA has a contrast ratio of 17.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.