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#FEFCA2 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FEFCA2 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 #FEFCA2 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.

#FEFCA2 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 #A4A6FE; it also sits naturally between #FED0A4 and #D3FEA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEFCA2 · RGB 254, 252, 162

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Color values

HEX#FEFCA2
RGB254, 252, 162
HSL59°, 98%, 82%
HSV59°, 36%, 100%
CMYK0%, 1%, 36%, 0%
XYZ82.21, 93.30, 47.86
Yxy93.30, 0.3680, 0.4177
CIE-Lab97.35, -12.19, 43.36
Hunter Lab96.59, -12.15, 34.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 99% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEFCA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEFCA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEFCA2

.text { color: #FEFCA2; }
.background { background-color: #FEFCA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEFCA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 252, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 98%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEFCA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 252, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEFCA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 252, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEFCA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEFCA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEFCA2

#FEFC7C#FDFA53#FDF930#FDF808#D9D602#B1AE02#888601#656301#3D3C01#141400

Tints of #FEFCA2

#FEFDA9#FEFDB3#FEFDB8#FEFDC2#FEFEC7#FEFECD#FFFED7#FFFEDC#FFFEE6#FFFEEB

Tones of #FEFCA2

#F8F6AB#F1F0B1#EBEAB7#E4E4BE#DEDEC4#D8D7CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4A6FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.07:1 Fails
Against black text19.66:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEFCA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEFCA2

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 #FEFCA2: ·

How #FEFCA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #FDFDB8Deuteranopia · #FDFDBDTritanopia · #FEC9CD

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 #FEFCA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 153e90
#153E90 · #0E49B5 · #54E346 · #FFFAA4
Palette 72bf78
#72BF78 · #A0D683 · #D3EE98 · #FEFF9F
Palette 004182
#004182 · #118DF0 · #FBFFA3 · #FF4B68
Palette Ffea6c
#FFEA6C · #FFFBA7 · #FFA6FB · #FF61F8
Palette Fcffa6
#FCFFA6 · #C1FFD7 · #B5DEFF · #CAB8FF
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700

Similar colors

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

#FFFAA4#FEFF9F#FBFFA3#FFFBA7#FCFFA6#FEFFA7#FFF6A1#FFFC9B#FFF4A4#F9FA9B#FFF89A#FEFD99

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEFCA1  ·  #FEFCA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEFCA2?

#FEFCA2 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 252, 162). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEFCA2?

#FEFCA2 is RGB 254, 252, 162 — HSL 59°, 98%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEFCA2?

Its complement is #A4A6FE; analogous partners are #FED0A4 and #D3FEA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEFCA2 for text?

Black text on #FEFCA2 has a contrast ratio of 19.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.07:1.