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#FFEBA9 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FFEBA9 is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color NavajoWhite (#FFDEAD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: navajowhite (#FFDEAD) — not an exact match. CSS navajowhite gives you #FFDEAD, a different color; use #FFEBA9 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.

#FFEBA9 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 #A8BDFF; it also sits naturally between #FFBFA8 and #E8FFA8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FFEBA9 · RGB 255, 235, 169

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Color values

HEX#FFEBA9
RGB255, 235, 169
HSL46°, 100%, 83%
HSV46°, 34%, 100%
CMYK0%, 8%, 34%, 0%
XYZ78.11, 83.54, 49.54
Yxy83.54, 0.3698, 0.3956
CIE-Lab93.25, -2.57, 34.53
Hunter Lab91.40, -2.57, 27.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 92% · Blue 66%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 34% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FFEBA9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FFEBA9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FFEBA9

.text { color: #FFEBA9; }
.background { background-color: #FFEBA9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFEBA9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 235, 169); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 100%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFEBA9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 235, 169, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFEBA9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 235, 169, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFEBA9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFEBA9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFEBA9

#FFE180#FFD857#FFCE2E#FFC505#E0AC00#B88D00#8F6D00#664E00#3D2F00#141000

Tints of #FFEBA9

#FFECAD#FFEEB8#FFF0BD#FFF1C2#FFF3CC#FFF4D1#FFF5D6#FFF7DB#FFF9E5#FFFAEB

Tones of #FFEBA9

#F9E8AE#F2E4B5#ECE1BB#E6DEC1#E0DAC7#DAD7CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8BDFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #FFEBA9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFEBA9

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 #FFEBA9: ·

How #FFEBA9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F6F6B9Deuteranopia · #F8F9BDTritanopia · #FEC6C8

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 #FFEBA9 rather than the exact color:

Dusty Ruby
#FF933E · #FFCB56 · #FFE9A9 · #73A5CA
Palette Dcffb7
#DCFFB7 · #FF6868 · #FFBB64 · #FFEAA7
Palette 7b4019
#7B4019 · #FF7D29 · #FFBF78 · #FFEEA9
Palette Feffd2
#FEFFD2 · #FFEEA9 · #FFBF78 · #FF7D29
Rustic Ruby Breeze
#9F2D1C · #DB3E10 · #E5B46E · #FBEBA8
Palette 96ceb4
#96CEB4 · #FFEEAD · #D9534F · #FFAD60

Similar colors

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

#FFE9A9#FFEAA7#FFEEA9#FBEBA8#FFEEAD#FFE6A9#FFE9AE#FEEFAD#FFE6A5#F8EBAB#F9E6A8#FFE3A9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFEBA8  ·  #FFEBAA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFEBA9?

#FFEBA9 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 255, 235, 169). Its closest standard named color is NavajoWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFEBA9?

#FFEBA9 is RGB 255, 235, 169 — HSL 46°, 100%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 34%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFEBA9?

Its complement is #A8BDFF; analogous partners are #FFBFA8 and #E8FFA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFEBA9 for text?

Black text on #FFEBA9 has a contrast ratio of 17.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.