Palettes / Colors / #FCEFCD

#FCEFCD — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FCEFCD 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 #FCEFCD 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.

#FCEFCD 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 #CFDCFC; it also sits naturally between #FCD9CF and #F2FCCF. 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 94% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 19% · Key 1%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FCEFCD

.text { color: #FCEFCD; }
.background { background-color: #FCEFCD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCEFCD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 239, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 89%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCEFCD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 239, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCEFCD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 239, 205, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCEFCD

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFDCFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FCEFCD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCEFCD

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 #FCEFCD 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 #FCEFCD 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

← #FCEFCC  ·  #FCEFCE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCEFCD?

#FCEFCD is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 239, 205). Its closest standard named color is BlanchedAlmond.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCEFCD?

#FCEFCD is RGB 252, 239, 205 — HSL 43°, 89%, 90% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 19%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCEFCD?

Its complement is #CFDCFC; analogous partners are #FCD9CF and #F2FCCF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCEFCD for text?

Black text on #FCEFCD has a contrast ratio of 18.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.14:1.