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#FDFABC — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FDFABC 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 #FDFABC 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.

#FDFABC 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 #BABDFD; it also sits naturally between #FDD8BA and #DFFDBA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDFABC · RGB 253, 250, 188

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Color values

HEX#FDFABC
RGB253, 250, 188
HSL57°, 94%, 86%
HSV57°, 26%, 99%
CMYK0%, 1%, 26%, 1%
XYZ83.77, 92.88, 61.09
Yxy92.88, 0.3524, 0.3907
CIE-Lab97.18, -8.46, 30.18
Hunter Lab96.38, -8.49, 25.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 98% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 26% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FDFABC

.text { color: #FDFABC; }
.background { background-color: #FDFABC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDFABC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 250, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 94%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDFABC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 250, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDFABC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 250, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FDFABC

#FCF692#FAF36B#F9F03E#F8ED16#DFD407#B7AE06#8F8904#635E03#3B3802#141301

Tints of #FDFABC

#FDFABF#FDFAC4#FDFBC9#FDFBCE#FEFBD2#FEFCD7#FEFCDC#FEFDE1#FEFDE6#FEFDEB

Tones of #FDFABC

#F8F5BE#F3F1C3#EFEDC8#EAE8CD#E5E4D2#E0DFD7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BABDFD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.07:1 Fails
Against black text19.58:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDFABC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDFABC

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 #FDFABC: ·

How #FDFABC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #FCFCCBDeuteranopia · #FCFCCFTritanopia · #FDD7D9

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 #FDFABC rather than the exact color:

Palette A3dc9a
#A3DC9A · #DEE791 · #FFF9BD · #FFD6BA
Palette E8f3d6
#E8F3D6 · #FCF9BE · #FFDCA9 · #FAAB78
Palette Fdfdbd
#FDFDBD · #C8FFD4 · #B8E8FC · #B1AFFF
Palette 211572
#211572 · #24BDDF · #F4F4F4 · #FFFDBB
Palette Cb9df0
#CB9DF0 · #F0C1E1 · #FDDBBB · #FFF9BF
Palette 133458
#133458 · #838921 · #D99B21 · #FAF7BB

Similar colors

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

#FFF9BD#FCF9BE#FDFDBD#FFFDBB#FFF9BF#FAF7BB#FFF6BD#FFFCB8#FFF6BE#FDFFBC#FFFAB7#FFFBC1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDFABB  ·  #FDFABD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDFABC?

#FDFABC is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 253, 250, 188). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDFABC?

#FDFABC is RGB 253, 250, 188 — HSL 57°, 94%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 26%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDFABC?

Its complement is #BABDFD; analogous partners are #FDD8BA and #DFFDBA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDFABC for text?

Black text on #FDFABC has a contrast ratio of 19.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.07:1.