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#FBEEAD — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FBEEAD 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 #FBEEAD 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.

#FBEEAD 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 #ACB9FB; it also sits naturally between #FBC7AC and #E1FBAC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBEEAD · RGB 251, 238, 173

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Color values

HEX#FBEEAD
RGB251, 238, 173
HSL50°, 91%, 83%
HSV50°, 31%, 98%
CMYK0%, 5%, 31%, 2%
XYZ77.90, 84.68, 51.77
Yxy84.68, 0.3634, 0.3950
CIE-Lab93.74, -5.11, 33.11
Hunter Lab92.02, -5.09, 27.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 93% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 31% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FBEEAD

.text { color: #FBEEAD; }
.background { background-color: #FBEEAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBEEAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 238, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(50, 91%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBEEAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 238, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBEEAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 238, 173, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FBEEAD

#F9E685#F7DE5E#F6D637#F4CE10#D6B40A#AF9308#887306#615205#3A3103#131001

Tints of #FBEEAD

#FBEFB1#FCF1BB#FCF2C0#FCF3C5#FDF5CE#FDF6D3#FDF7D8#FDF8DD#FEFAE7#FEFBEC

Tones of #FBEEAD

#F5EAB2#F0E6B7#EAE3BD#E5DFC3#DFDBC8#D9D7CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACB9FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.94:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBEEAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBEEAD

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 #FBEEAD: ·

How #FBEEAD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F5BDDeuteranopia · #F6F7C1Tritanopia · #FAC9CC

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #68D2E8 · #FDDE55 · #FEEFAD
Palette 96ceb4
#96CEB4 · #FFEEAD · #D9534F · #FFAD60
Palette A66e38
#A66E38 · #FFAD60 · #FFEEAD · #96CEB4
Palette A02334
#A02334 · #FFAD60 · #FFEEAD · #96CEB4
Palette Be1a1a
#BE1A1A · #D0311E · #F7D87F · #F8EBAB
Palette Fbf0b2
#FBF0B2 · #FFC7EA · #D8B4F8 · #CAEDFF

Similar colors

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

#FEEFAD#FFEEAD#F8EBAB#FBF0B2#FBECB2#FFEEA9#F7EDA9#FAEAB1#FBEBA8#FFF2AF#FFE9AE#FDF4AF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBEEAC  ·  #FBEEAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBEEAD?

#FBEEAD is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 238, 173). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBEEAD?

#FBEEAD is RGB 251, 238, 173 — HSL 50°, 91%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 31%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBEEAD?

Its complement is #ACB9FB; analogous partners are #FBC7AC and #E1FBAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBEEAD for text?

Black text on #FBEEAD has a contrast ratio of 17.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.