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#FEE271 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FEE271 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 #FEE271 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.

#FEE271 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 #718DFE; it also sits naturally between #FE9B71 and #D4FE71. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEE271 · RGB 254, 226, 113

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Color values

HEX#FEE271
RGB254, 226, 113
HSL48°, 99%, 72%
HSV48°, 56%, 100%
CMYK0%, 11%, 56%, 0%
XYZ71.05, 76.66, 26.67
Yxy76.66, 0.4074, 0.4396
CIE-Lab90.16, -3.82, 57.90
Hunter Lab87.55, -3.75, 39.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 89% · Blue 44%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 56% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEE271 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEE271 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEE271

.text { color: #FEE271; }
.background { background-color: #FEE271; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEE271; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 226, 113); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 99%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEE271; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 226, 113, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEE271; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 226, 113, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEE271">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEE271">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEE271

#FEDB4D#FED42A#FECD0B#E4B701#C19A01#9D7E01#7A6201#5B4900#382D00#141000

Tints of #FEE271

#FEE47B#FEE78A#FEE994#FFECA4#FFEEAE#FFF1B8#FFF4C7#FFF6D1#FFF9E1#FFFBEB

Tones of #FEE271

#F4DC7B#EAD685#E0D08F#D6CA9A#CCC4A4#C2BEAE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #718DFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.29:1 Fails
Against black text16.33:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEE271: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEE271

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 #FEE271: ·

How #FEE271 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F28CDeuteranopia · #F4F693Tritanopia · #FDA2A7

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 #FEE271 rather than the exact color:

Palette F5f7f8
#F5F7F8 · #FCDE70 · #E8B86D · #185519
Palette Ffea6c
#FFEA6C · #FFFBA7 · #FFA6FB · #FF61F8
Palette B4d6cd
#B4D6CD · #FFDA76 · #FF8C9E · #FF4E88
Palette Ffa45b
#FFA45B · #FFDA77 · #FBF6F0 · #AEE6E6
Palette Cece5a
#CECE5A · #FFE17B · #FD8D14 · #C51605
Palette 658361
#658361 · #D0DD97 · #F8FAE4 · #F9DE79

Similar colors

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

#FCDE70#FFEA6C#FFDA76#FFDA77#FFE17B#F9DE79#FFDA78#FFDD67#FDE767#F6E96B#FFDE7D#FADA7A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEE270  ·  #FEE272 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEE271?

#FEE271 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 226, 113). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEE271?

#FEE271 is RGB 254, 226, 113 — HSL 48°, 99%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 56%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEE271?

Its complement is #718DFE; analogous partners are #FE9B71 and #D4FE71. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEE271 for text?

Black text on #FEE271 has a contrast ratio of 16.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.29:1.