Palettes / Colors / #FEF9BF

#FEF9BF — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FEF9BF is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color LemonChiffon (#FFFACD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lemonchiffon (#FFFACD) — not an exact match. CSS lemonchiffon gives you #FFFACD, a different color; use #FEF9BF 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.

#FEF9BF 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 #BEC3FE; it also sits naturally between #FED8BE and #E3FEBE. 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 98% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 25% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FEF9BF

.text { color: #FEF9BF; }
.background { background-color: #FEF9BF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEF9BF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 249, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 97%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEF9BF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 249, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEF9BF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 249, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEF9BF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEF9BF">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEC3FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FEF9BF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEF9BF

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 #FEF9BF 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 #FEF9BF 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

← #FEF9BE  ·  #FEF9C0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEF9BF?

#FEF9BF is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 249, 191). Its closest standard named color is LemonChiffon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEF9BF?

#FEF9BF is RGB 254, 249, 191 — HSL 55°, 97%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 25%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEF9BF?

Its complement is #BEC3FE; analogous partners are #FED8BE and #E3FEBE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEF9BF for text?

Black text on #FEF9BF has a contrast ratio of 19.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.