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#FEEBAC — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FEEBAC 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 #FEEBAC 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.

#FEEBAC 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 #AEC1FE; it also sits naturally between #FEC4AE and #E9FEAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEEBAC · RGB 254, 235, 172

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Color values

HEX#FEEBAC
RGB254, 235, 172
HSL46°, 98%, 84%
HSV46°, 32%, 100%
CMYK0%, 7%, 32%, 0%
XYZ78.03, 83.47, 51.03
Yxy83.47, 0.3672, 0.3927
CIE-Lab93.22, -2.59, 32.96
Hunter Lab91.36, -2.59, 26.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 92% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 32% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FEEBAC

.text { color: #FEEBAC; }
.background { background-color: #FEEBAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEEBAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 235, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 98%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEEBAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 235, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEEBAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 235, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FEEBAC

#FEE286#FDD85D#FDCE35#FDC50D#DEAB02#B68C02#8D6D01#654E01#3D2F01#141000

Tints of #FEEBAC

#FEEDB3#FEEEB8#FEF0C2#FEF2C7#FEF3CD#FFF4D2#FFF5D7#FFF8E1#FFF9E6#FFFAEB

Tones of #FEEBAC

#F8E8B4#F3E5BA#EDE2BF#E7DFC5#E2DCCB#DCD9D0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEC1FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.69:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEEBAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEEBAC

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 #FEEBAC: ·

How #FEEBAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F6F6BBDeuteranopia · #F7F8BFTritanopia · #FDC7CA

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 #FEEBAC rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffb3b3
#FFB3B3 · #FFDBA4 · #FFE9AE · #C1EFFF
Palette 96ceb4
#96CEB4 · #FFEEAD · #D9534F · #FFAD60
Palette A66e38
#A66E38 · #FFAD60 · #FFEEAD · #96CEB4
Palette A02334
#A02334 · #FFAD60 · #FFEEAD · #96CEB4
Dusty Ruby
#FF933E · #FFCB56 · #FFE9A9 · #73A5CA
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #68D2E8 · #FDDE55 · #FEEFAD

Similar colors

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

#FFE9AE#FFEEAD#FFE9A9#FEEFAD#FFEEA9#FBEBA8#FFEAA7#FFE6A9#F8EBAB#FFEBB2#FAEAB1#FBECB2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEEBAB  ·  #FEEBAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEEBAC?

#FEEBAC is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 235, 172). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEEBAC?

#FEEBAC is RGB 254, 235, 172 — HSL 46°, 98%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 32%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEEBAC?

Its complement is #AEC1FE; analogous partners are #FEC4AE and #E9FEAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEEBAC for text?

Black text on #FEEBAC has a contrast ratio of 17.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.