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#FEEDAB — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FEEDAB 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 #FEEDAB 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.

#FEEDAB 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 #A9BAFE; it also sits naturally between #FEC3A9 and #E5FEA9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEEDAB · RGB 254, 237, 171

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Color values

HEX#FEEDAB
RGB254, 237, 171
HSL48°, 98%, 83%
HSV48°, 33%, 100%
CMYK0%, 7%, 33%, 0%
XYZ78.51, 84.58, 50.72
Yxy84.58, 0.3672, 0.3956
CIE-Lab93.70, -3.72, 34.11
Hunter Lab91.97, -3.71, 27.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 93% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 33% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FEEDAB

.text { color: #FEEDAB; }
.background { background-color: #FEEDAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEEDAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 237, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 98%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEEDAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 237, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEEDAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 237, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FEEDAB

#FEE581#FDDC58#FDD430#FDCC08#DEB202#B69202#8D7101#655101#3D3101#141000

Tints of #FEEDAB

#FEEEAE#FEF0B8#FEF1BD#FEF2C2#FEF4CD#FFF6D2#FFF7D7#FFF8DC#FFFAE6#FFFBEB

Tones of #FEEDAB

#F8E9AF#F2E6B5#ECE2BB#E6DFC1#E0DBC8#DAD7CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A9BAFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEEDAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEEDAB

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 #FEEDAB: ·

How #FEEDAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F6BBDeuteranopia · #F8F9BFTritanopia · #FDC8CA

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 #FEEDAB rather than the exact color:

Palette 7b4019
#7B4019 · #FF7D29 · #FFBF78 · #FFEEA9
Palette 96ceb4
#96CEB4 · #FFEEAD · #D9534F · #FFAD60
Palette A66e38
#A66E38 · #FFAD60 · #FFEEAD · #96CEB4
Palette A02334
#A02334 · #FFAD60 · #FFEEAD · #96CEB4
Palette Feffd2
#FEFFD2 · #FFEEA9 · #FFBF78 · #FF7D29
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #68D2E8 · #FDDE55 · #FEEFAD

Similar colors

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

#FFEEA9#FFEEAD#FEEFAD#FFE9A9#FBEBA8#FFE9AE#FFEAA7#F8EBAB#FFF2AF#F7EDA9#FFEBB2#FFE6A9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEEDAA  ·  #FEEDAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEEDAB?

#FEEDAB is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 237, 171). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEEDAB?

#FEEDAB is RGB 254, 237, 171 — HSL 48°, 98%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 33%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEEDAB?

Its complement is #A9BAFE; analogous partners are #FEC3A9 and #E5FEA9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEEDAB for text?

Black text on #FEEDAB has a contrast ratio of 17.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.