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#FCFFAF — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FCFFAF is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #FCFFAF 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.

#FCFFAF 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 #B0ADFF; it also sits naturally between #FFD9AD and #D3FFAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCFFAF · RGB 252, 255, 175

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Color values

HEX#FCFFAF
RGB252, 255, 175
HSL62°, 100%, 84%
HSV62°, 31%, 100%
CMYK1%, 0%, 31%, 0%
XYZ83.64, 95.31, 54.55
Yxy95.31, 0.3582, 0.4082
CIE-Lab98.16, -12.91, 37.98
Hunter Lab97.63, -12.90, 31.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 100% · Blue 69%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 31% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FCFFAF

.text { color: #FCFFAF; }
.background { background-color: #FCFFAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCFFAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 255, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 100%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCFFAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 255, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCFFAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 255, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCFFAF

#FBFF85#FAFF5C#F8FF33#F7FF0A#D9E000#B1B800#8A8F00#636600#3B3D00#141400

Tints of #FCFFAF

#FCFFB3#FDFFB8#FDFFC2#FDFFC7#FDFFCC#FDFFD1#FEFFD6#FEFFE0#FEFFE5#FEFFEB

Tones of #FCFFAF

#F7F9B3#F1F3B9#ECEDBF#E7E8C5#E1E2CA#DCDCD0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B0ADFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.05:1 Fails
Against black text20.06:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCFFAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCFFAF

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 #FCFFAF: ·

How #FCFFAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #FDFDC2Deuteranopia · #FDFDC7Tritanopia · #FCD2D5

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FCFFAF rather than the exact color:

Palette Faffaf
#FAFFAF · #96C9F4 · #3FA2F6 · #0F67B1
Palette Ffacac
#FFACAC · #FFBFA9 · #FFEBB4 · #FBFFB1
Palette E1ffb1
#E1FFB1 · #C7F2A4 · #B6E388 · #FCFFB2
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette D9edbf
#D9EDBF · #FFB996 · #FFCF81 · #FDFFAB

Similar colors

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

#FAFFAF#FBFFB1#FCFFB2#FEFFAC#FDFFAB#FFFBB1#FFFBAC#FFF9AF#FFF9B0#FFFDB5#FFF8B0#F8FAB4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCFFAE  ·  #FCFFB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCFFAF?

#FCFFAF is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 252, 255, 175). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCFFAF?

#FCFFAF is RGB 252, 255, 175 — HSL 62°, 100%, 84% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 31%, 0%.

What colors go with #FCFFAF?

Its complement is #B0ADFF; analogous partners are #FFD9AD and #D3FFAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCFFAF for text?

Black text on #FCFFAF has a contrast ratio of 20.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.05:1.