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#FEE684 — Light Vivid Yellow

#FEE684 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 #FEE684 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.

#FEE684 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 #869EFE; it also sits naturally between #FEAA86 and #DAFE86. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEE684 · RGB 254, 230, 132

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Color values

HEX#FEE684
RGB254, 230, 132
HSL48°, 98%, 76%
HSV48°, 48%, 100%
CMYK0%, 9%, 48%, 0%
XYZ73.33, 79.33, 33.28
Yxy79.33, 0.3944, 0.4266
CIE-Lab91.38, -4.27, 50.43
Hunter Lab89.07, -4.21, 36.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 90% · Blue 52%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 48% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEE684 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEE684 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEE684

.text { color: #FEE684; }
.background { background-color: #FEE684; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEE684; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 230, 132); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 98%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEE684; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 230, 132, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEE684; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 230, 132, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEE684">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEE684">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEE684

#FDDE62#FDD73F#FDCF17#EDBE02#CAA202#A78602#836901#5B4901#382D01#141000

Tints of #FEE684

#FEE890#FEEA9A#FEECA4#FEEEAE#FEF0B8#FEF2C2#FEF4CD#FFF7D7#FFF9E1#FFFBEB

Tones of #FEE684

#F5E18E#EDDC97#E4D6A0#DCD1A8#D3CCB1#CAC7B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #869EFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEE684: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEE684

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 #FEE684: ·

How #FEE684 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F39CDeuteranopia · #F5F7A1Tritanopia · #FDAEB3

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 · #CDDC39Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FEE684 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff78a
#FFF78A · #FFE382 · #FFC47E · #FFAD84
Palette 448ef6
#448EF6 · #75C2F6 · #65DAF7 · #FFE981
Palette Fffde1
#FFFDE1 · #FBE580 · #93BD57 · #980404
Palette 92003a
#92003A · #F62477 · #FFADEE · #FFE185
Electric Ruby Lagoon
#A41F1B · #CB2A20 · #D88C5B · #F9E486
Palette F599c6
#F599C6 · #FFEA88 · #7DCCAD · #4D6787

Similar colors

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

#FFE382#FFE981#FBE580#FFE185#F9E486#FFEA88#FCE38A#FBE087#FCED83#FFDF82#FFE97D#FFDD83

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEE683  ·  #FEE685 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEE684?

#FEE684 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 230, 132). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEE684?

#FEE684 is RGB 254, 230, 132 — HSL 48°, 98%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 48%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEE684?

Its complement is #869EFE; analogous partners are #FEAA86 and #DAFE86. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEE684 for text?

Black text on #FEE684 has a contrast ratio of 16.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.