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#FEE2AE — Pale Vivid Orange

#FEE2AE is a orange color we call Pale Vivid Orange, closest to the named color NavajoWhite (#FFDEAD). It belongs to the orange family.

#FEE2AE is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AECAFE; it also sits naturally between #FEBAAE and #F2FEAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEE2AE · RGB 254, 226, 174

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Color values

HEX#FEE2AE
RGB254, 226, 174
HSL39°, 98%, 84%
HSV39°, 31%, 100%
CMYK0%, 11%, 31%, 0%
XYZ75.71, 78.52, 51.21
Yxy78.52, 0.3685, 0.3822
CIE-Lab91.02, 2.21, 28.98
Hunter Lab88.61, 2.21, 23.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 89% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 31% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEE2AE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEE2AE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEE2AE

.text { color: #FEE2AE; }
.background { background-color: #FEE2AE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEE2AE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 226, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(39, 98%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEE2AE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 226, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEE2AE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 226, 174, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEE2AE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEE2AE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEE2AE

#FED486#FDC55D#FDB735#FDA90D#DE9102#B67702#8D5C01#654201#3D2801#140D00

Tints of #FEE2AE

#FEE4B3#FEE6B8#FEE9C2#FEEBC7#FEEDCD#FFEFD2#FFF1D7#FFF4E1#FFF6E6#FFF8EB

Tones of #FEE2AE

#F8E0B4#F3DFBA#EDDDBF#E7DBC5#E2DACB#DCD8D0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AECAFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEE2AE: #000000.

How #FEE2AE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F2BBDeuteranopia · #F4F6BETritanopia · #FDC5C7

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FEE2AE rather than the exact color:

Palette F08787
#F08787 · #FFC7A7 · #FEE2AD · #F8FAB4
Palette 007979
#007979 · #24B1B1 · #FFE2AF · #E37434
Palette 3f9aae
#3F9AAE · #79C9C5 · #FFE2AF · #F96E5B
Palette 36413d
#36413D · #4C657E · #F29696 · #FFE2AD
Palette B77466
#B77466 · #FFE1AF · #E2B59A · #957C62
Palette Ffdede
#FFDEDE · #FDF5CA · #FFDFAF · #F2BB7B

Similar colors

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

#FEE2AD#FFE2AF#FFE2AD#FFE1AF#FFDFAF#FEE2B3#FFDDAE#F9E2AF#FFE3A9#F9E0AE#FFDDB0#FCDDB0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEE2AD  ·  #FEE2AF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEE2AE?

#FEE2AE is Pale Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 254, 226, 174). Its closest standard named color is NavajoWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEE2AE?

#FEE2AE is RGB 254, 226, 174 — HSL 39°, 98%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 31%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEE2AE?

Its complement is #AECAFE; analogous partners are #FEBAAE and #F2FEAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEE2AE for text?

Black text on #FEE2AE has a contrast ratio of 16.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.