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#FCEFC0 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FCEFC0 is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Bisque (#FFE4C4). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: bisque (#FFE4C4) — not an exact match. CSS bisque gives you #FFE4C4, a different color; use #FCEFC0 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.

#FCEFC0 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 #C0CDFC; it also sits naturally between #FCD1C0 and #EBFCC0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCEFC0 · RGB 252, 239, 192

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Color values

HEX#FCEFC0
RGB252, 239, 192
HSL47°, 91%, 87%
HSV47°, 24%, 99%
CMYK0%, 5%, 24%, 1%
XYZ80.53, 86.23, 62.27
Yxy86.23, 0.3516, 0.3765
CIE-Lab94.41, -2.80, 24.36
Hunter Lab92.86, -2.81, 20.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 94% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 24% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCEFC0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCEFC0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCEFC0

.text { color: #FCEFC0; }
.background { background-color: #FCEFC0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCEFC0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 239, 192); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 91%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCEFC0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 239, 192, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCEFC0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 239, 192, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCEFC0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCEFC0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCEFC0

#FAE599#F8DA6D#F6D046#F4C61F#E0B20B#B48F08#8D7007#665105#3A2E03#130F01

Tints of #FCEFC0

#FCF0C5#FCF1C9#FDF3CE#FDF4D3#FDF5D8#FDF5D8#FDF6DD#FEF8E2#FEF9E7#FEFAEC

Tones of #FCEFC0

#F8EDC4#F3EAC8#EFE8CD#EBE5D1#E6E3D5#E2E0DA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0CDFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.15:1 Fails
Against black text18.25:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCEFC0: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCEFC0

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 #FCEFC0: ·

How #FCEFC0 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F6F6CBDeuteranopia · #F7F8CETritanopia · #FBD4D6

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 #FCEFC0 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff9a86
#FF9A86 · #FFB399 · #FFD6A6 · #FFF0BE
Palette Ffecc0
#FFECC0 · #FFC29B · #F39F9F · #B95E82
Palette C7db9c
#C7DB9C · #FFF0BD · #FDAB9E · #E50046
Palette 36d1c4
#36D1C4 · #A0EECC · #FFF2BE · #F6318C
Palette D9dfc6
#D9DFC6 · #EFF3EA · #FFFDF0 · #FFF2C2
Ruby Horizon
#086288 · #4D8DBA · #97D7FF · #FFEFC4

Similar colors

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

#FFF0BE#FFECC0#FFF0BD#FFF2BE#FFF2C2#FFEFC4#FFEFBC#FFF0C4#FFEBC1#FFF0C5#FFF4BF#FFEEBB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCEFBF  ·  #FCEFC1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCEFC0?

#FCEFC0 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 239, 192). Its closest standard named color is Bisque.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCEFC0?

#FCEFC0 is RGB 252, 239, 192 — HSL 47°, 91%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 24%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCEFC0?

Its complement is #C0CDFC; analogous partners are #FCD1C0 and #EBFCC0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCEFC0 for text?

Black text on #FCEFC0 has a contrast ratio of 18.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.