Palettes / Colors / #FCFECA

#FCFECA — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FCFECA 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 #FCFECA 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.

#FCFECA 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 #CAC8FE; it also sits naturally between #FEE5C8 and #E1FEC8. 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 100% · Blue 79%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 20% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FCFECA

.text { color: #FCFECA; }
.background { background-color: #FCFECA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCFECA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 254, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 96%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCFECA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 254, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCFECA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 254, 202, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAC8FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FCFECA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCFECA

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 #FCFECA 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 #FCFECA 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

← #FCFEC9  ·  #FCFECB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCFECA?

#FCFECA is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 254, 202). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCFECA?

#FCFECA is RGB 252, 254, 202 — HSL 62°, 96%, 89% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 20%, 0%.

What colors go with #FCFECA?

Its complement is #CAC8FE; analogous partners are #FEE5C8 and #E1FEC8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCFECA for text?

Black text on #FCFECA has a contrast ratio of 20.17:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.04:1.