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#FFEBB3 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FFEBB3 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 #FFEBB3 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.

#FFEBB3 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 #B3C7FF; it also sits naturally between #FFC4B3 and #EDFFB3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FFEBB3 · RGB 255, 235, 179

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Color values

HEX#FFEBB3
RGB255, 235, 179
HSL44°, 100%, 85%
HSV44°, 30%, 100%
CMYK0%, 8%, 30%, 0%
XYZ79.09, 83.93, 54.68
Yxy83.93, 0.3633, 0.3855
CIE-Lab93.42, -1.36, 29.68
Hunter Lab91.61, -1.36, 24.67

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 92% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 30% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FFEBB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FFEBB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FFEBB3

.text { color: #FFEBB3; }
.background { background-color: #FFEBB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFEBB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 235, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 100%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFEBB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 235, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFEBB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 235, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFEBB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFEBB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFEBB3

#FFE08A#FFD561#FFCA38#FFBF0F#E6A800#B88700#8F6900#664B00#3D2D00#140F00

Tints of #FFEBB3

#FFECB8#FFEDBD#FFEFC2#FFF0C7#FFF3D1#FFF4D6#FFF5DB#FFF7E0#FFF8E5#FFFAEB

Tones of #FFEBB3

#FAE8B8#F4E5BE#EFE3C3#E9E0C8#E4DECE#DEDBD3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B3C7FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #FFEBB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFEBB3

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 #FFEBB3: ·

How #FFEBB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F6F6C1Deuteranopia · #F8F9C4Tritanopia · #FECBCE

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FFEBB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffacac
#FFACAC · #FFBFA9 · #FFEBB4 · #FBFFB1
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E59BE9 · #D862BC · #8644A2
Palette Ffebb2
#FFEBB2 · #E9A89B · #D875C7 · #912BBC
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Palette 9e6f21
#9E6F21 · #FFEEB3 · #B8E7E1 · #D4FAFC
Palette 5e244e
#5E244E · #AA1C41 · #E68457 · #FFE8B4

Similar colors

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

#FFEBB4#FFEBB2#FEECB3#FFEEB3#FFE8B4#FFEBB7#FFEFB4#FBECB2#FFE8B6#FDE7B3#FFEBB8#FFE9AE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFEBB2  ·  #FFEBB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFEBB3?

#FFEBB3 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 255, 235, 179). Its closest standard named color is Moccasin.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFEBB3?

#FFEBB3 is RGB 255, 235, 179 — HSL 44°, 100%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 30%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFEBB3?

Its complement is #B3C7FF; analogous partners are #FFC4B3 and #EDFFB3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFEBB3 for text?

Black text on #FFEBB3 has a contrast ratio of 17.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.