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#FEEDB3 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FEEDB3 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 #FEEDB3 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.

#FEEDB3 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 #B4C5FE; it also sits naturally between #FEC7B4 and #EAFEB4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEEDB3 · RGB 254, 237, 179

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Color values

HEX#FEEDB3
RGB254, 237, 179
HSL46°, 97%, 85%
HSV46°, 30%, 100%
CMYK0%, 7%, 30%, 0%
XYZ79.29, 84.89, 54.85
Yxy84.89, 0.3620, 0.3876
CIE-Lab93.84, -2.74, 30.23
Hunter Lab92.14, -2.75, 25.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 93% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 30% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEEDB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEEDB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEEDB3

.text { color: #FEEDB3; }
.background { background-color: #FEEDB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEEDB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 237, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 97%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEEDB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 237, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEEDB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 237, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEEDB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEEDB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEEDB3

#FDE38B#FDD963#FCCF3B#FBC513#E2AE03#B58B03#8D6C02#644D02#3C2E01#140F00

Tints of #FEEDB3

#FEEEB9#FEEFBE#FEF0C3#FEF1C8#FEF4D2#FEF5D7#FEF6DC#FFF8E1#FFF9E6#FFFAEB

Tones of #FEEDB3

#F8EAB9#F3E7BE#EEE4C4#E9E1C9#E3DECE#DEDCD3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B4C5FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.98:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEEDB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEEDB3

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 #FEEDB3: ·

How #FEEDB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F6C1Deuteranopia · #F8F9C4Tritanopia · #FDCCCF

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 #FEEDB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Palette 9e6f21
#9E6F21 · #FFEEB3 · #B8E7E1 · #D4FAFC
Palette Ffacac
#FFACAC · #FFBFA9 · #FFEBB4 · #FBFFB1
Palette 8e1d41
#8E1D41 · #DBBF0D · #FFCD19 · #FFEFB4
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E59BE9 · #D862BC · #8644A2
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E9A89B · #D875C7 · #912BBC

Similar colors

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

#FEECB3#FFEEB3#FFEBB4#FFEFB4#FFEBB2#FBECB2#FBF0B2#FFEBB7#FFF2B4#FFE8B4#FAEAB1#FFEBB8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEEDB2  ·  #FEEDB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEEDB3?

#FEEDB3 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 237, 179). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEEDB3?

#FEEDB3 is RGB 254, 237, 179 — HSL 46°, 97%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 30%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEEDB3?

Its complement is #B4C5FE; analogous partners are #FEC7B4 and #EAFEB4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEEDB3 for text?

Black text on #FEEDB3 has a contrast ratio of 17.98:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.