Palettes / Colors / #FCF9BE

#FCF9BE — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FCF9BE is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color LemonChiffon (#FFFACD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lemonchiffon (#FFFACD) — not an exact match. CSS lemonchiffon gives you #FFFACD, a different color; use #FCF9BE 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.

#FCF9BE 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 #C0C3FC; it also sits naturally between #FCDBC0 and #E1FCC0. 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 98% · Blue 75%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #FCF9BE

.text { color: #FCF9BE; }
.background { background-color: #FCF9BE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCF9BE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 249, 190); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 91%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCF9BE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 249, 190, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCF9BE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 249, 190, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCF9BE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCF9BE">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0C3FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FCF9BE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCF9BE

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 #FCF9BE 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 #FCF9BE

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FCF9BE 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 #FCF9BE?

#FCF9BE is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 249, 190). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCF9BE?

#FCF9BE is RGB 252, 249, 190 — HSL 57°, 91%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 25%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCF9BE?

Its complement is #C0C3FC; analogous partners are #FCDBC0 and #E1FCC0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCF9BE for text?

Black text on #FCF9BE has a contrast ratio of 19.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.