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#FBEEA3 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FBEEA3 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 #FBEEA3 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.

#FBEEA3 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.

#FBEEA3 · RGB 251, 238, 163

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Color values

HEX#FBEEA3
RGB251, 238, 163
HSL51°, 92%, 81%
HSV51°, 35%, 98%
CMYK0%, 5%, 35%, 2%
XYZ76.97, 84.30, 46.87
Yxy84.30, 0.3698, 0.4050
CIE-Lab93.58, -6.29, 37.93
Hunter Lab91.82, -6.24, 30.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 93% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 35% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBEEA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBEEA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBEEA3

.text { color: #FBEEA3; }
.background { background-color: #FBEEA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBEEA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 238, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 92%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBEEA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 238, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBEEA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 238, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBEEA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBEEA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBEEA3

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

Tints of #FBEEA3

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

Tones of #FBEEA3

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

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2AFFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.86:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBEEA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBEEA3

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 #FBEEA3: ·

How #FBEEA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F5B5Deuteranopia · #F6F7BATritanopia · #FAC3C7

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 #FBEEA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffe97d
#FFE97D · #FFEF9F · #E13F7C · #FF537B
Rustic Ruby Breeze
#9F2D1C · #DB3E10 · #E5B46E · #FBEBA8
Palette Fef2a0
#FEF2A0 · #F3CD97 · #E98B50 · #BC4F4F
Burning Voyage
#B61E11 · #EB722D · #F1C36D · #F6F1A1
Palette Fdeb9e
#FDEB9E · #7AE2CF · #077A7D · #06202B
Palette 000b58
#000B58 · #003161 · #006A67 · #FDEB9E

Similar colors

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

#FFEF9F#FBEBA8#FEF2A0#F6F1A1#FDEB9E#FFF2A0#F9E8A2#F6F09F#FFEC9E#FFEAA7#FFEEA9#F7EDA9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBEEA2  ·  #FBEEA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBEEA3?

#FBEEA3 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 238, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBEEA3?

#FBEEA3 is RGB 251, 238, 163 — HSL 51°, 92%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 35%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBEEA3?

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

Can I use #FBEEA3 for text?

Black text on #FBEEA3 has a contrast ratio of 17.86:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.