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#FEEEC3 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FEEEC3 is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Bisque (#FFE4C4). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: bisque (#FFE4C4) — not an exact match. CSS bisque gives you #FFE4C4, a different color; use #FEEEC3 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.

#FEEEC3 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 #C3D3FE; it also sits naturally between #FED1C3 and #F0FEC3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEEEC3 · RGB 254, 238, 195

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Color values

HEX#FEEEC3
RGB254, 238, 195
HSL44°, 97%, 88%
HSV44°, 23%, 100%
CMYK0%, 6%, 23%, 0%
XYZ81.30, 86.16, 63.98
Yxy86.16, 0.3513, 0.3723
CIE-Lab94.38, -1.15, 22.80
Hunter Lab92.82, -1.16, 19.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 93% · Blue 76%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 23% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEEEC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEEEC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEEEC3

.text { color: #FEEEC3; }
.background { background-color: #FEEEC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEEEC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 238, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 97%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEEEC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 238, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEEEC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 238, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEEEC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEEEC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEEEC3

#FDE39B#FDD76D#FCCB45#FBBF18#E7AA04#BF8D03#926B02#694E02#3C2C01#140F00

Tints of #FEEEC3

#FEF0C8#FEF1CD#FEF1CD#FEF2D2#FEF4D7#FEF5DC#FFF7E1#FFF7E1#FFF8E6#FFF9EB

Tones of #FEEEC3

#FAECC7#F6EACB#F1E8D0#EDE6D4#E9E4D8#E5E2DC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3D3FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.15:1 Fails
Against black text18.23:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEEEC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEEEC3

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 #FEEEC3: ·

How #FEEEC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F7CDDeuteranopia · #F8F9D0Tritanopia · #FDD6D7

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FEEEC3 rather than the exact color:

Ruby Horizon
#086288 · #4D8DBA · #97D7FF · #FFEFC4
Palette 3e0703
#3E0703 · #660B05 · #8C1007 · #FFF0C4
Smoky Ruby
#8AD6D1 · #359FA0 · #FFF0C5 · #FF8C52
Palette Ffecc0
#FFECC0 · #FFC29B · #F39F9F · #B95E82
Palette 8e3200
#8E3200 · #A64B2A · #D7A86E · #FFEBC1
Palette Eb4c4c
#EB4C4C · #FF7070 · #FFA6A6 · #FFEDC7

Similar colors

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

#FFEFC4#FFF0C4#FFF0C5#FFECC0#FFEBC1#FFEDC7#FFF2C2#FFEAC5#FFF2C6#FFEFC8#FFF0BE#FFECC8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEEEC2  ·  #FEEEC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEEEC3?

#FEEEC3 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 238, 195). Its closest standard named color is Bisque.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEEEC3?

#FEEEC3 is RGB 254, 238, 195 — HSL 44°, 97%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 23%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEEEC3?

Its complement is #C3D3FE; analogous partners are #FED1C3 and #F0FEC3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEEEC3 for text?

Black text on #FEEEC3 has a contrast ratio of 18.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.