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#FBEFAC — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FBEFAC 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 #FBEFAC 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.

#FBEFAC 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 #ACB8FB; it also sits naturally between #FBC8AC and #DFFBAC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBEFAC · RGB 251, 239, 172

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Color values

HEX#FBEFAC
RGB251, 239, 172
HSL51°, 91%, 83%
HSV51°, 31%, 98%
CMYK0%, 5%, 31%, 2%
XYZ78.10, 85.22, 51.36
Yxy85.22, 0.3638, 0.3970
CIE-Lab93.98, -5.73, 33.93
Hunter Lab92.32, -5.70, 27.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 94% · Blue 67%

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

CSS code for #FBEFAC

.text { color: #FBEFAC; }
.background { background-color: #FBEFAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBEFAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 239, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 91%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBEFAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 239, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBEFAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 239, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FBEFAC

#F9E885#F7E05E#F6D937#F4D210#D6B80A#AF9608#887506#615305#3A3203#131101

Tints of #FBEFAC

#FBF0B1#FCF2BB#FCF3C0#FCF4C5#FDF6CE#FDF7D3#FDF8D8#FDF9DD#FEFAE7#FEFBEC

Tones of #FBEFAC

#F5EBB2#F0E7B7#EAE3BD#E5DFC3#DFDCC8#D9D8CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ACB8FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.16:1 Fails
Against black text18.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBEFAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBEFAC

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 #FBEFAC: ·

How #FBEFAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F6F6BCDeuteranopia · #F7F7C0Tritanopia · #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 #FBEFAC 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 7b4019
#7B4019 · #FF7D29 · #FFBF78 · #FFEEA9

Similar colors

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

#FEEFAD#FFEEAD#F8EBAB#FFEEA9#F7EDA9#FBEBA8#FFF2AF#FBF0B2#FDF4AF#F6ECA9#FDF5AA#FBECB2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBEFAB  ·  #FBEFAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBEFAC?

#FBEFAC is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 251, 239, 172). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBEFAC?

#FBEFAC is RGB 251, 239, 172 — HSL 51°, 91%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 31%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBEFAC?

Its complement is #ACB8FB; analogous partners are #FBC8AC and #DFFBAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBEFAC for text?

Black text on #FBEFAC has a contrast ratio of 18.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.16:1.