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#FEE262 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FEE262 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 #FEE262 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.

#FEE262 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 #627EFE; it also sits naturally between #FE9362 and #CDFE62. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEE262 · RGB 254, 226, 98

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Color values

HEX#FEE262
RGB254, 226, 98
HSL49°, 99%, 69%
HSV49°, 61%, 100%
CMYK0%, 11%, 61%, 0%
XYZ70.27, 76.35, 22.59
Yxy76.35, 0.4153, 0.4512
CIE-Lab90.02, -4.86, 64.40
Hunter Lab87.38, -4.75, 42.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 89% · Blue 38%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 61% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEE262 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEE262 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEE262

.text { color: #FEE262; }
.background { background-color: #FEE262; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEE262; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 226, 98); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(49, 99%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEE262; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 226, 98, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEE262; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 226, 98, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEE262">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEE262">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEE262

#FEDC43#FED520#FECF01#DAB201#BC9A01#987C01#7A6401#564700#382E00#141100

Tints of #FEE262

#FEE471#FEE67B#FEE98A#FEEC9A#FFEFA9#FFF1B3#FFF4C2#FFF6D1#FFF8DB#FFFBEB

Tones of #FEE262

#F3DB6D#E8D378#DDCC83#D1C58F#C6BE9A#BBB7A5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #627EFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.29:1 Fails
Against black text16.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEE262: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEE262

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 #FEE262: ·

How #FEE262 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F281Deuteranopia · #F4F688Tritanopia · #FD999F

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 #FEE262 rather than the exact color:

Palette 799eff
#799EFF · #FEFFC4 · #FFDE63 · #FFBC4C
Palette Ffe15d
#FFE15D · #F49D1A · #DC3535 · #B01E68
Palette Cf455c
#CF455C · #FFDD67 · #FF8A5C · #444444
Palette D04848
#D04848 · #F3B95F · #FDE767 · #6895D2
Palette Ff6a1c
#FF6A1C · #FFDA62 · #FFAE56 · #F5788B
Palette C3ff93
#C3FF93 · #FFDB5C · #FFAF61 · #FF70AB

Similar colors

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

#FFDE63#FFE15D#FFDD67#FDE767#FFDA62#FFDB5C#FFD95F#FFD966#F5DD61#F8E559#FFEA6C#F3DC66

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEE261  ·  #FEE263 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEE262?

#FEE262 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 226, 98). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEE262?

#FEE262 is RGB 254, 226, 98 — HSL 49°, 99%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 61%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEE262?

Its complement is #627EFE; analogous partners are #FE9362 and #CDFE62. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEE262 for text?

Black text on #FEE262 has a contrast ratio of 16.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.29:1.