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#FBEEA1 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FBEEA1 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 #FBEEA1 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.

#FBEEA1 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 #A2AFFB; it also sits naturally between #FBC1A2 and #DCFBA2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBEEA1 · RGB 251, 238, 161

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Color values

HEX#FBEEA1
RGB251, 238, 161
HSL51°, 92%, 81%
HSV51°, 36%, 98%
CMYK0%, 5%, 36%, 2%
XYZ76.79, 84.23, 45.93
Yxy84.23, 0.3711, 0.4070
CIE-Lab93.55, -6.52, 38.89
Hunter Lab91.78, -6.46, 30.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 93% · Blue 63%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 36% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBEEA1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBEEA1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBEEA1

.text { color: #FBEEA1; }
.background { background-color: #FBEEA1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBEEA1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 238, 161); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 92%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBEEA1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 238, 161, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBEEA1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 238, 161, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBEEA1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBEEA1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBEEA1

#F9E67B#F8E059#F6D931#F5D20A#D3B409#AB9307#847106#5D5004#3B3202#141101

Tints of #FBEEA1

#FCF0AC#FCF0B1#FCF2BA#FCF3BF#FDF5C9#FDF6CE#FDF8D8#FEF9DD#FEFAE7#FEFBEB

Tones of #FBEEA1

#F5E9A8#EFE5AF#E8E1B5#E1DCBC#DBD7C2#D5D3C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2AFFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBEEA1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBEEA1

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 #FBEEA1: ·

How #FBEEA1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F5B4Deuteranopia · #F6F7B8Tritanopia · #FAC2C6

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 #FBEEA1 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffe97d
#FFE97D · #FFEF9F · #E13F7C · #FF537B
Palette Fdeb9e
#FDEB9E · #7AE2CF · #077A7D · #06202B
Palette 000b58
#000B58 · #003161 · #006A67 · #FDEB9E
Palette Fef2a0
#FEF2A0 · #F3CD97 · #E98B50 · #BC4F4F
Palette Fffbda
#FFFBDA · #FFEC9E · #FFBB70 · #ED9455
Ruby Opal
#7D9C65 · #B93636 · #FF9C4C · #FFF2A0

Similar colors

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

#FFEF9F#FDEB9E#FEF2A0#FFEC9E#FFF2A0#F6F09F#F6F1A1#FAEF9B#F9E8A2#FFF29C#FBEBA8#FFF19B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBEEA0  ·  #FBEEA2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBEEA1?

#FBEEA1 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 238, 161). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBEEA1?

#FBEEA1 is RGB 251, 238, 161 — HSL 51°, 92%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 36%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBEEA1?

Its complement is #A2AFFB; analogous partners are #FBC1A2 and #DCFBA2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBEEA1 for text?

Black text on #FBEEA1 has a contrast ratio of 17.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.