Palettes / Colors / #FDEEAB

#FDEEAB — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FDEEAB is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Moccasin (#FFE4B5). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: moccasin (#FFE4B5) — not an exact match. CSS moccasin gives you #FFE4B5, a different color; use #FDEEAB 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.

#FDEEAB 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 #AABAFD; it also sits naturally between #FDC5AA and #E3FDAA. 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 93% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 32% · Key 1%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FDEEAB

.text { color: #FDEEAB; }
.background { background-color: #FDEEAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDEEAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 238, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(49, 95%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDEEAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 238, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDEEAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 238, 171, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #AABAFD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FDEEAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDEEAB

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 #FDEEAB 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 #FDEEAB 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

← #FDEEAA  ·  #FDEEAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDEEAB?

#FDEEAB is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 253, 238, 171). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDEEAB?

#FDEEAB is RGB 253, 238, 171 — HSL 49°, 95%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 32%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDEEAB?

Its complement is #AABAFD; analogous partners are #FDC5AA and #E3FDAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDEEAB for text?

Black text on #FDEEAB has a contrast ratio of 17.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.