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#FDEAAA — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FDEAAA is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color NavajoWhite (#FFDEAD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: navajowhite (#FFDEAD) — not an exact match. CSS navajowhite gives you #FFDEAD, a different color; use #FDEAAA 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.

#FDEAAA 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 #AABEFD; it also sits naturally between #FDC0AA and #E7FDAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDEAAA · RGB 253, 234, 170

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Color values

HEX#FDEAAA
RGB253, 234, 170
HSL46°, 95%, 83%
HSV46°, 33%, 99%
CMYK0%, 8%, 33%, 1%
XYZ77.19, 82.63, 49.91
Yxy82.63, 0.3680, 0.3940
CIE-Lab92.85, -2.71, 33.47
Hunter Lab90.90, -2.70, 27.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 92% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 33% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FDEAAA

.text { color: #FDEAAA; }
.background { background-color: #FDEAAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDEAAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 234, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 95%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDEAAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 234, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDEAAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 234, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FDEAAA

#FCE083#FBD55B#FACB33#F9C10B#DBA906#B38A05#8B6C04#634D03#3C2E02#140F01

Tints of #FDEAAA

#FDEBAF#FDEDB9#FDEFBE#FDF0C3#FEF2CD#FEF4D2#FEF5D7#FEF6DC#FEF9E6#FEFAEB

Tones of #FDEAAA

#F7E6B1#F1E3B6#EBE0BC#E5DDC2#DFDAC8#DAD7CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AABEFD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.53:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDEAAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDEAAA

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 #FDEAAA: ·

How #FDEAAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F5B9Deuteranopia · #F6F7BDTritanopia · #FCC6C8

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

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

Dusty Ruby
#FF933E · #FFCB56 · #FFE9A9 · #73A5CA
Rustic Ruby Breeze
#9F2D1C · #DB3E10 · #E5B46E · #FBEBA8
Palette Dcffb7
#DCFFB7 · #FF6868 · #FFBB64 · #FFEAA7
Palette 7b4019
#7B4019 · #FF7D29 · #FFBF78 · #FFEEA9
Palette Ffb3b3
#FFB3B3 · #FFDBA4 · #FFE9AE · #C1EFFF
Palette Deaa79
#DEAA79 · #FFE6A9 · #B1C29E · #659287

Similar colors

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

#FFE9A9#FBEBA8#FFEAA7#FFEEA9#FFE9AE#FFE6A9#F8EBAB#FFEEAD#FEEFAD#F9E6A8#FFE6A5#F7EDA9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDEAA9  ·  #FDEAAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDEAAA?

#FDEAAA is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 253, 234, 170). Its closest standard named color is NavajoWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDEAAA?

#FDEAAA is RGB 253, 234, 170 — HSL 46°, 95%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 33%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDEAAA?

Its complement is #AABEFD; analogous partners are #FDC0AA and #E7FDAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDEAAA for text?

Black text on #FDEAAA has a contrast ratio of 17.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.