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#FBEBA2 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FBEBA2 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #FBEBA2 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.

#FBEBA2 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 #A2B2FB; it also sits naturally between #FBBEA2 and #DFFBA2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBEBA2 · RGB 251, 235, 162

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Color values

HEX#FBEBA2
RGB251, 235, 162
HSL49°, 92%, 81%
HSV49°, 35%, 98%
CMYK0%, 6%, 35%, 2%
XYZ76.01, 82.53, 46.11
Yxy82.53, 0.3714, 0.4033
CIE-Lab92.81, -4.90, 37.42
Hunter Lab90.85, -4.86, 29.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 92% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 35% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBEBA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBEBA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBEBA2

.text { color: #FBEBA2; }
.background { background-color: #FBEBA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBEBA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 235, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(49, 92%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBEBA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 235, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBEBA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 235, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBEBA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBEBA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBEBA2

#F9E27B#F8DB59#F6D231#F5CA0A#D3AE09#AB8D07#846D06#5D4D04#3B3002#141001

Tints of #FBEBA2

#FCEDAC#FCEEB1#FCF0BA#FCF1BF#FDF3C9#FDF4CE#FDF6D8#FEF8DD#FEFAE7#FEFBEB

Tones of #FBEBA2

#F5E7A8#EFE3AF#E8DFB5#E1DBBC#DBD7C2#D5D3C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2B2FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.51:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBEBA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBEBA2

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 #FBEBA2: ·

How #FBEBA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4B4Deuteranopia · #F5F6B8Tritanopia · #FAC2C5

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FBEBA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette F9e8a2
#F9E8A2 · #B4E1EB · #95BDD7 · #78A4CB
Palette Fdeb9e
#FDEB9E · #7AE2CF · #077A7D · #06202B
Palette 000b58
#000B58 · #003161 · #006A67 · #FDEB9E
Palette Fffbda
#FFFBDA · #FFEC9E · #FFBB70 · #ED9455
Rustic Ruby Breeze
#9F2D1C · #DB3E10 · #E5B46E · #FBEBA8
Palette Ffe97d
#FFE97D · #FFEF9F · #E13F7C · #FF537B

Similar colors

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

#F9E8A2#FDEB9E#FFEC9E#FBEBA8#FFEF9F#FFEAA7#FFE6A5#F6F09F#F6F1A1#FEF2A0#F9E6A8#FAEF9B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBEBA1  ·  #FBEBA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBEBA2?

#FBEBA2 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 235, 162). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBEBA2?

#FBEBA2 is RGB 251, 235, 162 — HSL 49°, 92%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 35%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBEBA2?

Its complement is #A2B2FB; analogous partners are #FBBEA2 and #DFFBA2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBEBA2 for text?

Black text on #FBEBA2 has a contrast ratio of 17.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.