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#FEE4AA — Pale Vivid Orange

#FEE4AA is a orange color we call Pale Vivid Orange, closest to the named color NavajoWhite (#FFDEAD). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: navajowhite (#FFDEAD) — not an exact match. CSS navajowhite gives you #FFDEAD, a different color; use #FEE4AA 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.

#FEE4AA 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 #A9C4FE; it also sits naturally between #FEB9A9 and #EFFEA9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEE4AA · RGB 254, 228, 170

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Color values

HEX#FEE4AA
RGB254, 228, 170
HSL41°, 98%, 83%
HSV41°, 33%, 100%
CMYK0%, 10%, 33%, 0%
XYZ75.87, 79.46, 49.37
Yxy79.46, 0.3706, 0.3882
CIE-Lab91.44, 0.71, 31.60
Hunter Lab89.14, 0.71, 25.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 89% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 33% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEE4AA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEE4AA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEE4AA

.text { color: #FEE4AA; }
.background { background-color: #FEE4AA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEE4AA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 228, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(41, 98%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEE4AA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 228, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEE4AA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 228, 170, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEE4AA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEE4AA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEE4AA

#FED681#FDC958#FDBC30#FDAF08#DE9902#B67D02#8D6101#654501#3D2A01#140E00

Tints of #FEE4AA

#FEE5AE#FEE8B8#FEEABD#FEEBC2#FEEFCD#FFF0D2#FFF2D7#FFF4DC#FFF7E6#FFF8EB

Tones of #FEE4AA

#F8E1AF#F2DFB5#ECDDBB#E6DAC1#E0D8C8#DAD6CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9C4FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.89:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEE4AA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEE4AA

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 #FEE4AA: ·

How #FEE4AA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F3F3B8Deuteranopia · #F4F6BBTritanopia · #FDC3C6

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 #FEE4AA rather than the exact color:

Palette 0b1d51
#0B1D51 · #725CAD · #8CCDEB · #FFE3A9
Palette Deaa79
#DEAA79 · #FFE6A9 · #B1C29E · #659287
Palette F08787
#F08787 · #FFC7A7 · #FEE2AD · #F8FAB4
Palette 36413d
#36413D · #4C657E · #F29696 · #FFE2AD
Dusty Ruby
#FF933E · #FFCB56 · #FFE9A9 · #73A5CA
Palette 007979
#007979 · #24B1B1 · #FFE2AF · #E37434

Similar colors

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

#FFE3A9#FFE6A9#FEE2AD#FFE2AD#FFE9A9#FFE2AF#FFE6A5#F9E6A8#FFE1AF#FFE9AE#FFEAA7#FFDFAF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEE4A9  ·  #FEE4AB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEE4AA?

#FEE4AA is Pale Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 254, 228, 170). Its closest standard named color is NavajoWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEE4AA?

#FEE4AA is RGB 254, 228, 170 — HSL 41°, 98%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 33%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEE4AA?

Its complement is #A9C4FE; analogous partners are #FEB9A9 and #EFFEA9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEE4AA for text?

Black text on #FEE4AA has a contrast ratio of 16.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.