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#FBEECA — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FBEECA is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color BlanchedAlmond (#FFEBCD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blanchedalmond (#FFEBCD) — not an exact match. CSS blanchedalmond gives you #FFEBCD, a different color; use #FBEECA 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.

#FBEECA 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 #CBD8FB; it also sits naturally between #FBD6CB and #F0FBCB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBEECA · RGB 251, 238, 202

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Color values

HEX#FBEECA
RGB251, 238, 202
HSL44°, 86%, 89%
HSV44°, 20%, 98%
CMYK0%, 5%, 20%, 2%
XYZ81.02, 85.92, 68.19
Yxy85.92, 0.3446, 0.3654
CIE-Lab94.28, -1.26, 19.02
Hunter Lab92.69, -1.27, 16.85

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 93% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 20% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FBEECA

.text { color: #FBEECA; }
.background { background-color: #FBEECA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBEECA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 238, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 86%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBEECA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 238, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBEECA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 238, 202, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FBEECA

#F8E2A5#F5D47A#F2C854#EFBA2A#DFA811#B4880E#8E6B0B#644B07#3E2E05#130E01

Tints of #FBEECA

#FBF0D0#FBF0D0#FCF1D4#FCF3D9#FDF4DE#FDF4DE#FDF6E3#FDF7E7#FDF7E7#FEF9EC

Tones of #FBEECA

#F8EDCE#F4EBD2#F1E9D5#EDE8D9#EAE6DC#E6E5E0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CBD8FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.15:1 Fails
Against black text18.18:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBEECA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBEECA

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 #FBEECA: ·

How #FBEECA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F5D3Deuteranopia · #F6F7D5Tritanopia · #FADADB

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 #FBEECA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E9EDC9 · #FEFAE0 · #FAEDCD
Palette F9ebc8
#F9EBC8 · #FEFBE7 · #DAE5D0 · #A0BCC2
Palette Ccd5ae
#CCD5AE · #E0E5B6 · #FAEDCE · #FEFAE0
Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC
Palette Ffbbcc
#FFBBCC · #FFCCCC · #FFDDCC · #FFEECC
Palette Ffd95f
#FFD95F · #FFEFC8 · #B8D576 · #D70654

Similar colors

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

#FAEDCD#F9EBC8#FAEDCE#FFEECC#FFEFC8#FFECCC#FFECC8#FFF1CA#FFEDC7#FEEAC9#FFF1CB#FFEBC9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBEEC9  ·  #FBEECB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBEECA?

#FBEECA is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 238, 202). Its closest standard named color is BlanchedAlmond.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBEECA?

#FBEECA is RGB 251, 238, 202 — HSL 44°, 86%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 20%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBEECA?

Its complement is #CBD8FB; analogous partners are #FBD6CB and #F0FBCB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBEECA for text?

Black text on #FBEECA has a contrast ratio of 18.18:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.