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#FED262 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FED262 is a yellow color we call Light Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color SandyBrown (#F4A460). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: sandybrown (#F4A460) — not an exact match. CSS sandybrown gives you #F4A460, a different color; use #FED262 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.

#FED262 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #628EFE; it also sits naturally between #FE8462 and #DCFE62. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FED262 · RGB 254, 210, 98

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Color values

HEX#FED262
RGB254, 210, 98
HSL43°, 99%, 69%
HSV43°, 61%, 100%
CMYK0%, 17%, 61%, 0%
XYZ66.12, 68.05, 21.20
Yxy68.05, 0.4256, 0.4379
CIE-Lab86.03, 3.26, 59.99
Hunter Lab82.49, 3.18, 39.47

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 82% · Blue 38%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 61% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FED262 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FED262 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FED262

.text { color: #FED262; }
.background { background-color: #FED262; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FED262; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 210, 98); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 99%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FED262; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 210, 98, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FED262; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 210, 98, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FED262">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FED262">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FED262

#FEC943#FEBF20#FEB601#DA9D01#BC8701#986D01#7A5701#563E00#382800#140F00

Tints of #FED262

#FED671#FED97B#FEDE8A#FEE29A#FFE6A9#FFE9B3#FFEEC2#FFF2D1#FFF5DB#FFF9EB

Tones of #FED262

#F3CD6D#E8C878#DDC383#D1BE8F#C6BA9A#BBB5A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #628EFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.44:1 Fails
Against black text14.61:1 AAA

Best text color on #FED262: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FED262

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 #FED262: ·

How #FED262 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEB7DDeuteranopia · #EEF184Tritanopia · #FC9297

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:

Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FED262 rather than the exact color:

Palette 432f44
#432F44 · #EA5455 · #A7425C · #FFD460
Rustic Ruby
#FF7F50 · #FFD166 · #06D6A0 · #118AB2
Palette 068b78
#068B78 · #9ED79A · #F2FF97 · #FFCF5E
Palette 77bef0
#77BEF0 · #FFCB61 · #FF894F · #EA5B6F
Palette 222831
#222831 · #393E46 · #FFD369 · #EEEEEE
Palette Ffd95f
#FFD95F · #FFEFC8 · #B8D576 · #D70654

Similar colors

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

#FFD460#FFD166#FFCF5E#FFCB61#FFD369#FFD95F#FFDA62#FED16A#FFD16A#FFD966#FFD35A#FACE68

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FED261  ·  #FED263 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FED262?

#FED262 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 210, 98). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FED262?

#FED262 is RGB 254, 210, 98 — HSL 43°, 99%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 17%, 61%, 0%.

What colors go with #FED262?

Its complement is #628EFE; analogous partners are #FE8462 and #DCFE62. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FED262 for text?

Black text on #FED262 has a contrast ratio of 14.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.