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#FCFCD3 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FCFCD3 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 #FCFCD3 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.

#FCFCD3 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 #D4D4FC; it also sits naturally between #FCE8D4 and #E8FCD4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCFCD3 · RGB 252, 252, 211

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Color values

HEX#FCFCD3
RGB252, 252, 211
HSL60°, 87%, 91%
HSV60°, 16%, 99%
CMYK0%, 0%, 16%, 1%
XYZ86.71, 95.02, 75.40
Yxy95.02, 0.3372, 0.3695
CIE-Lab98.04, -6.62, 19.68
Hunter Lab97.48, -6.70, 17.72

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 99% · Blue 83%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 16% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCFCD3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCFCD3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCFCD3

.text { color: #FCFCD3; }
.background { background-color: #FCFCD3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCFCD3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 252, 211); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 87%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCFCD3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 252, 211, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCFCD3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 252, 211, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCFCD3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCFCD3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCFCD3

#F9F9A9#F6F683#F3F358#F0F02D#E5E510#BABA0D#8F8F0A#646407#3E3E04#131301

Tints of #FCFCD3

#FCFCD9#FCFCD9#FDFDDE#FDFDDE#FDFDE2#FDFDE2#FDFDE7#FDFDE7#FEFEEC#FEFEEC

Tones of #FCFCD3

#F9F9D7#F6F6DA#F4F4DD#F1F1E0#EEEEE2#EBEBE5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D4D4FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.05:1 Fails
Against black text20.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCFCD3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCFCD3

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 #FCFCD3: ·

How #FCFCD3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #FCFCDDDeuteranopia · #FCFCDFTritanopia · #FCE5E6

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 #FCFCD3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fbfad3
#FBFAD3 · #C6E377 · #729D39 · #36622B
Palette 667bc6
#667BC6 · #FDFFD2 · #FFB4C2 · #DA7297
Scarlet Ruby
#FFFAD3 · #FFDBB0 · #FFCCB8 · #FFB1B1
Palette A82323
#A82323 · #FEFFD3 · #BCD9A2 · #6D9E51
Palette Ffe9d0
#FFE9D0 · #FFFED3 · #BBE9FF · #B1AFFF
Palette 647fbc
#647FBC · #91ADC8 · #AED6CF · #FAFDD6

Similar colors

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

#FBFAD3#FDFFD2#FFFAD3#FEFFD3#FFFED3#FAFDD6#FBF9D1#FEFFD2#FFF9D2#FFFFD2#FFF8D4#FFFDD7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCFCD2  ·  #FCFCD4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCFCD3?

#FCFCD3 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 252, 211). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCFCD3?

#FCFCD3 is RGB 252, 252, 211 — HSL 60°, 87%, 91% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 16%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCFCD3?

Its complement is #D4D4FC; analogous partners are #FCE8D4 and #E8FCD4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCFCD3 for text?

Black text on #FCFCD3 has a contrast ratio of 20.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.05:1.