Palettes / Colors / #FEF2BA

#FEF2BA — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FEF2BA 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 #FEF2BA 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.

#FEF2BA 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 #B9C5FE; it also sits naturally between #FECFB9 and #E8FEB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 95% · Blue 73%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 27% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FEF2BA

.text { color: #FEF2BA; }
.background { background-color: #FEF2BA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEF2BA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 242, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(49, 97%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEF2BA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 242, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEF2BA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 242, 186, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEF2BA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEF2BA">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #B9C5FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FEF2BA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEF2BA

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:

How #FEF2BA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FEF2BA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEF2B9  ·  #FEF2BB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEF2BA?

#FEF2BA is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 242, 186). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEF2BA?

#FEF2BA is RGB 254, 242, 186 — HSL 49°, 97%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 27%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEF2BA?

Its complement is #B9C5FE; analogous partners are #FECFB9 and #E8FEB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEF2BA for text?

Black text on #FEF2BA has a contrast ratio of 18.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.13:1.