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#FEEAAB — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FEEAAB is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Moccasin (#FFE4B5). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: moccasin (#FFE4B5) — not an exact match. CSS moccasin gives you #FFE4B5, a different color; use #FEEAAB 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.

#FEEAAB is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A9BDFE; it also sits naturally between #FEC0A9 and #E7FEA9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEEAAB · RGB 254, 234, 171

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Color values

HEX#FEEAAB
RGB254, 234, 171
HSL46°, 98%, 83%
HSV46°, 33%, 100%
CMYK0%, 8%, 33%, 0%
XYZ77.65, 82.86, 50.43
Yxy82.86, 0.3681, 0.3928
CIE-Lab92.95, -2.21, 33.11
Hunter Lab91.03, -2.20, 26.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 92% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 33% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FEEAAB

.text { color: #FEEAAB; }
.background { background-color: #FEEAAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEEAAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 234, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 98%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEEAAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 234, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEEAAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 234, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FEEAAB

#FEE181#FDD758#FDCD30#FDC308#DEAB02#B68C02#8D6D01#654E01#3D2F01#141000

Tints of #FEEAAB

#FEECAE#FEEEB8#FEEFBD#FEF0C2#FEF3CD#FFF4D2#FFF5D7#FFF6DC#FFF9E6#FFFAEB

Tones of #FEEAAB

#F8E7AF#F2E4B5#ECE1BB#E6DDC1#E0DAC8#DAD7CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9BDFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.57:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEEAAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEEAAB

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 #FEEAAB: ·

How #FEEAAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F5BADeuteranopia · #F7F8BETritanopia · #FDC6C9

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 #FEEAAB rather than the exact color:

Dusty Ruby
#FF933E · #FFCB56 · #FFE9A9 · #73A5CA
Palette Ffb3b3
#FFB3B3 · #FFDBA4 · #FFE9AE · #C1EFFF
Palette Dcffb7
#DCFFB7 · #FF6868 · #FFBB64 · #FFEAA7
Rustic Ruby Breeze
#9F2D1C · #DB3E10 · #E5B46E · #FBEBA8
Palette 7b4019
#7B4019 · #FF7D29 · #FFBF78 · #FFEEA9
Palette 96ceb4
#96CEB4 · #FFEEAD · #D9534F · #FFAD60

Similar colors

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

#FFE9A9#FFE9AE#FFEAA7#FBEBA8#FFEEA9#FFEEAD#FFE6A9#FEEFAD#F8EBAB#F9E6A8#FFEBB2#FAEAB1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEEAAA  ·  #FEEAAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEEAAB?

#FEEAAB is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 234, 171). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEEAAB?

#FEEAAB is RGB 254, 234, 171 — HSL 46°, 98%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 33%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEEAAB?

Its complement is #A9BDFE; analogous partners are #FEC0A9 and #E7FEA9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEEAAB for text?

Black text on #FEEAAB has a contrast ratio of 17.57:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.