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#FCEABC — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FCEABC 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 #FCEABC 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.

#FCEABC 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 #BBCDFC; it also sits naturally between #FCC9BB and #EEFCBB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCEABC · RGB 252, 234, 188

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Color values

HEX#FCEABC
RGB252, 234, 188
HSL43°, 91%, 86%
HSV43°, 25%, 99%
CMYK0%, 7%, 25%, 1%
XYZ78.64, 83.17, 59.49
Yxy83.17, 0.3554, 0.3758
CIE-Lab93.09, -0.81, 24.59
Hunter Lab91.20, -0.81, 20.98

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 92% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 25% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FCEABC

.text { color: #FCEABC; }
.background { background-color: #FCEABC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCEABC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 234, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 91%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCEABC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 234, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCEABC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 234, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCEABC

#FADD94#F8D16D#F6C341#F4B61A#DBA00A#B48408#8D6707#614705#3A2B03#130E01

Tints of #FCEABC

#FCEBC0#FCECC5#FCEEC9#FDF0CE#FDF1D3#FDF3D8#FDF4DD#FEF6E2#FEF7E7#FEF9EC

Tones of #FCEABC

#F7E7BF#F3E5C4#EEE3C9#E9E1CD#E5DFD2#E0DDD7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BBCDFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCEABC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCEABC

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 #FCEABC: ·

How #FCEABC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4C7Deuteranopia · #F5F7CATritanopia · #FBD0D2

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 #FCEABC rather than the exact color:

Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Palette Aa5486
#AA5486 · #FC8F54 · #FDE7BB · #FBF4DB
Palette 427ab5
#427AB5 · #406AAF · #F7DD7D · #FFE8BE
Palette 8e806a
#8E806A · #C3B091 · #E4CDA7 · #FFE6BC
Royal Ruby
#601D49 · #BD5579 · #EA9D9D · #FFEBB8
Palette Fdffbc
#FDFFBC · #FFEEBB · #FFDCB8 · #FFC1B6

Similar colors

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

#FFEABB#FDE7BB#FFE8BE#FFE6BC#FFEBB8#FFEEBB#FFEDB9#FFECC0#FFEFBC#FFEBC1#FFEBB7#F6EABE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCEABB  ·  #FCEABD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCEABC?

#FCEABC is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 234, 188). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCEABC?

#FCEABC is RGB 252, 234, 188 — HSL 43°, 91%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 25%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCEABC?

Its complement is #BBCDFC; analogous partners are #FCC9BB and #EEFCBB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCEABC for text?

Black text on #FCEABC has a contrast ratio of 17.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.