Palettes / Colors / #FEE071

#FEE071 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FEE071 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 #FEE071 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.

#FEE071 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 #7190FE; it also sits naturally between #FE9971 and #D6FE71. 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 100% · Green 88% · Blue 44%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 12% · Yellow 56% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FEE071

.text { color: #FEE071; }
.background { background-color: #FEE071; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEE071; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 224, 113); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 99%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEE071; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 224, 113, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEE071; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 224, 113, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEE071">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEE071">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEE071

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #7190FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FEE071: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEE071

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 #FEE071 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 #FEE071 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

← #FEE070  ·  #FEE072 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEE071?

#FEE071 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 224, 113). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEE071?

#FEE071 is RGB 254, 224, 113 — HSL 47°, 99%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 12%, 56%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEE071?

Its complement is #7190FE; analogous partners are #FE9971 and #D6FE71. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEE071 for text?

Black text on #FEE071 has a contrast ratio of 16.11:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.