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#FEEEA3 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FEEEA3 is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #FEEEA3 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.

#FEEEA3 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 #A4B5FE; it also sits naturally between #FEC1A4 and #E2FEA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEEEA3 · RGB 254, 238, 163

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Color values

HEX#FEEEA3
RGB254, 238, 163
HSL49°, 98%, 82%
HSV49°, 36%, 100%
CMYK0%, 6%, 36%, 0%
XYZ78.06, 84.86, 46.92
Yxy84.86, 0.3720, 0.4044
CIE-Lab93.82, -5.15, 38.29
Hunter Lab92.12, -5.12, 30.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 93% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEEEA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEEEA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEEEA3

.text { color: #FEEEA3; }
.background { background-color: #FEEEA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEEEA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 238, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(49, 98%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEEEA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 238, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEEEA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 238, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEEEA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEEEA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEEEA3

#FEE67C#FDDE53#FDD730#FDD008#D9B202#B19102#887001#655301#3D3201#141100

Tints of #FEEEA3

#FEEFA9#FEF0B3#FEF1B8#FEF3C2#FEF4C7#FEF5CD#FFF7D7#FFF8DC#FFFAE6#FFFBEB

Tones of #FEEEA3

#F8EAAB#F1E5B1#EBE1B7#E4DDBE#DED9C4#D8D5CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4B5FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.97:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEEEA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEEEA3

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 #FEEEA3: ·

How #FEEEA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F7B5Deuteranopia · #F8F9BATritanopia · #FDC3C7

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FEEEA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffe97d
#FFE97D · #FFEF9F · #E13F7C · #FF537B
Palette Fef2a0
#FEF2A0 · #F3CD97 · #E98B50 · #BC4F4F
Ruby Opal
#7D9C65 · #B93636 · #FF9C4C · #FFF2A0
Palette Fffbda
#FFFBDA · #FFEC9E · #FFBB70 · #ED9455
Palette Dcffb7
#DCFFB7 · #FF6868 · #FFBB64 · #FFEAA7
Palette Fdeb9e
#FDEB9E · #7AE2CF · #077A7D · #06202B

Similar colors

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

#FFEF9F#FEF2A0#FFF2A0#FFEC9E#FFEAA7#FDEB9E#FFEEA9#FFF4A4#FBEBA8#FFE9A9#F9E8A2#FFF29C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEEEA2  ·  #FEEEA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEEEA3?

#FEEEA3 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 238, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEEEA3?

#FEEEA3 is RGB 254, 238, 163 — HSL 49°, 98%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEEEA3?

Its complement is #A4B5FE; analogous partners are #FEC1A4 and #E2FEA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEEEA3 for text?

Black text on #FEEEA3 has a contrast ratio of 17.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.