Palettes / Colors / #FCE8BB

#FCE8BB — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FCE8BB 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 #FCE8BB 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.

#FCE8BB 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 #BACEFC; it also sits naturally between #FCC8BA and #EFFCBA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 91% · Blue 73%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 26% · Key 1%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FCE8BB

.text { color: #FCE8BB; }
.background { background-color: #FCE8BB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCE8BB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 232, 187); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(42, 92%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCE8BB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 232, 187, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCE8BB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 232, 187, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCE8BB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCE8BB">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BACEFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FCE8BB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCE8BB

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:

How #FCE8BB looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FCE8BB rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCE8BB?

#FCE8BB is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 232, 187). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCE8BB?

#FCE8BB is RGB 252, 232, 187 — HSL 42°, 92%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 26%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCE8BB?

Its complement is #BACEFC; analogous partners are #FCC8BA and #EFFCBA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCE8BB for text?

Black text on #FCE8BB has a contrast ratio of 17.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.