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#FED660 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FED660 is a yellow color we call Light Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #FED660 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.

#FED660 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 #6289FE; it also sits naturally between #FE8962 and #D7FE62. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FED660 · RGB 254, 214, 96

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Color values

HEX#FED660
RGB254, 214, 96
HSL45°, 99%, 69%
HSV45°, 62%, 100%
CMYK0%, 16%, 62%, 0%
XYZ67.03, 70.01, 21.05
Yxy70.01, 0.4240, 0.4429
CIE-Lab87.00, 1.09, 61.95
Hunter Lab83.67, 1.06, 40.60

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 84% · Blue 38%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 16% · Yellow 62% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FED660 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FED660 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FED660

.text { color: #FED660; }
.background { background-color: #FED660; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FED660; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 214, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(45, 99%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FED660; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 214, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FED660; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 214, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FED660">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FED660">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FED660

#FECF43#FEC620#FEBF01#DAA401#BC8D01#987201#7A5B01#564100#382A00#140F00

Tints of #FED660

#FEDB71#FEDE7B#FEE18A#FEE59A#FFE9A9#FFECB3#FFF0C2#FFF3D1#FFF6DB#FFFAEB

Tones of #FED660

#F3D26D#E8CC78#DDC683#D1C18F#C6BB9A#BBB5A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6289FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.40:1 Fails
Against black text15.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #FED660: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FED660

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 #FED660: ·

How #FED660 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEC7DDeuteranopia · #EFF283Tritanopia · #FC9398

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 #FED660 rather than the exact color:

Palette 432f44
#432F44 · #EA5455 · #A7425C · #FFD460
Palette Ffd95f
#FFD95F · #FFEFC8 · #B8D576 · #D70654
Palette Ff6a1c
#FF6A1C · #FFDA62 · #FFAE56 · #F5788B
Palette 5b7e3c
#5B7E3C · #FFD65A · #FF9D23 · #EA5252
Palette 16c47f
#16C47F · #FFD65A · #FF9D23 · #F93827
Palette Ff5a5a
#FF5A5A · #FF8B5A · #FFA95A · #FFD45A

Similar colors

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

#FFD460#FFD95F#FFDA62#FFD65A#FFD45A#FFDB5C#FFD966#FFD35A#FFCF5E#FFD166#FFD758#FFDE63

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FED65F  ·  #FED661 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FED660?

#FED660 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 214, 96). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FED660?

#FED660 is RGB 254, 214, 96 — HSL 45°, 99%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 16%, 62%, 0%.

What colors go with #FED660?

Its complement is #6289FE; analogous partners are #FE8962 and #D7FE62. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FED660 for text?

Black text on #FED660 has a contrast ratio of 15.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.40:1.