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#feeeb0

a light, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Pale Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Morning Honey

RGB
254, 238, 176
HSL
48°, 98%, 84%
CMYK
0, 6, 31, 0
Luminance
0.8535

#feeeb0 is a light electric yellow, 48° on the wheel and 15/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.07:1). As text it scores 1.16:1 on white — use #8F7202 instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(48 98% 84%)rgb(254 238 176)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #feeeb0 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#feeeb0
Hue
48°
yellow
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
93%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8535
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
15/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
18.07:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 3.5
Chroma
32.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.947
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 19.1
Web-safe
#FFFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue48° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #feeeb0.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool15% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red25%
Green72%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#feeeb0
HEX (8-digit)#feeeb0ff
RGBrgb(254, 238, 176)
RGBArgba(254, 238, 176, 1)
HSLhsl(48, 98%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(48, 31%, 100%)
HWBhwb(48 69% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 31%, 0%)
LABlab(94.0 -3.6 32.0)
LCHlch(94.0 32.2 96.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.947 0.081 95.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(79.28, 85.36, 53.36)
Decimal16707248
Display P3color(display-p3 0.996 0.933 0.690)
Web-safe#FFFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #feeeb0;
background-color: #feeeb0;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #feeeb0;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#feeeb0] bg-[#feeeb0]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #feeeb0;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.996, green: 0.933, blue: 0.690)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.996, green: 0.933, blue: 0.690, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FEEEB0</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFEEEB0)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFEEEB0)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(176, 238, 254)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(254, 238, 176)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(254, 238, 176)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 254, 238, 176)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9961f, 0.9333f, 0.6902f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{254,238,176}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #feeeb0 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #feeeb0 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7E6402, #EEE9D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #feeeb0 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDFBF1;
  --brand-100: #FCF7E4;
  --brand-200: #feeeb0;
  --brand-300: #FEE790;
  --brand-400: #FDDB59;
  --brand-500: #FCCF21;
  --brand-600: #F2C103;
  --brand-700: #C9A103;
  --brand-800: #A18102;
  --brand-900: #745E06;
  --brand-950: #493A04;
  --brand: #feeeb0;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF9F4;
  --brand-border: #EDE3C0;
  --brand-hover: #FEE68D;
  --brand-pressed: #FDDF69;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242114;
    --brand-ink: #EEE9D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDFBF1',
        100: '#FCF7E4',
        200: '#feeeb0',
        300: '#FEE790',
        400: '#FDDB59',
        500: '#FCCF21',
        600: '#F2C103',
        700: '#C9A103',
        800: '#A18102',
        900: '#745E06',
        950: '#493A04',
        DEFAULT: '#feeeb0',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDFBF1,
  '100': #FCF7E4,
  '200': #feeeb0,
  '300': #FEE790,
  '400': #FDDB59,
  '500': #FCCF21,
  '600': #F2C103,
  '700': #C9A103,
  '800': #A18102,
  '900': #745E06,
  '950': #493A04,
);
$brand-base: #feeeb0;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDFBF1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCF7E4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#feeeb0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FEE790", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FDDB59", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FCCF21", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F2C103", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C9A103", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A18102", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#745E06", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#493A04", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #feeeb0 · 18.07:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.16:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.07:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #feeeb0 as text scores 1.16:1 on white and 18.07:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7E6402 at 4.87:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#8F7202 · 4.59:1
AA on white−56% L
#8F7202
The quick fox
#6B5601 · 7.10:1
AAA on white−63% L
#6B5601
The quick fox
#feeeb0 · 18.07:1
AA on blackalready passes
#feeeb0
The quick fox
#feeeb0 · 18.07:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#feeeb0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B28E02 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#feeeb0 on white: 1.16:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#feeeb0 on black: 18.07:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #feeeb0 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #feeeb0.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.16:1AaAa
Slate 501.11:1AaAa
Slate 1001.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.06:1AaAa
Slate 3001.28:1AaAa
Slate 4002.21:1AaAa
Slate 5004.10:1AaAa
Slate 6006.52:1AaAa
Slate 7008.91:1AaAa
Slate 80012.59:1AaAa
Slate 90015.36:1AaAa
Black18.07:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FBEBAC
deuteranopia · #FFF0B2
tritanopia · #FFE5DE

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #feeeb0 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDFBF1
#FCF7E4
#feeeb0
#FEE790
#FDDB59
#FCCF21
#F2C103
#C9A103
#A18102
#745E06
#493A04
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FDFBF1Darkest = 950 · #493A04Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.020 95.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.032 95.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.048 95.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.063 95.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.074 95.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.081 95.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.081 95.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.076 95.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.068 95.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.056 95.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.044 95.4);
}

Colors that work with #feeeb0

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF9F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDE3C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B8A4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#005CCC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7E6402
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFFAE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242114
Dark-mode background
Hover#FEE68D
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FDDF69
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F6F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFF3C3
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #feeeb0

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #7E6402
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #B28E02

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight16/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#B0C0FE
Analogous left#FEC7B0
Analogous right#E7FEB0
Split-complement 1#B0E7FE
Split-complement 2#C7B0FE
Triadic 1#B0FEEE
Triadic 2#EEB0FE
Tetradic#B0FEC7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°48°

#feeeb0 sits at 48°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red99.6%
Green93.3%
Blue69.0%
R · 0–255
254
0xfe
G · 0–255
238
0xee
B · 0–255
176
0xb0

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta6.3%
Yellow30.7%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 37%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#feeeb0 text on a black background

contrast 18.07:1

Card sample

#feeeb0 text on a white background

contrast 1.16:1

Card sample

#feeeb0 on grey

1.06:1

#feeeb0 on its own surface

1.10:1

#feeeb0 on its dark surface

13.87:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #feeeb0;
Background color
Panel with #feeeb0 background
background-color: #feeeb0;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #feeeb0;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(254, 238, 176, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(254, 238, 176, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #feeeb0;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #feeeb0, #DAFEB0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #feeeb0, #C6FEB0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #feeeb0;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #feeeb0;
caret-color: #feeeb0;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #feeeb0;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFFAE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #feeeb0;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#feeeb0 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #feeeb0 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(254, 238, 176, 0.5)
rgb(254 238 176 / 50%)
#feeeb080
hsl(48 98% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #feeeb0 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#feeeb01a#FFFDF7
20%#feeeb033#FFFCEF
40%#feeeb066#FFF8DF
60%#feeeb099#FEF5D0
80%#feeeb0cc#FEF1C0

Gradients from #feeeb0

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFFBEB, #feeeb0 45%, #7E6402);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #feeeb0, #C3FE92);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #feeeb0, #B0C0FE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FFFCF0 0%, #feeeb0 45%, #7E6402 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF9F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFE8E2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ECFECE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7E6402 0%, transparent 65%), #feeeb0;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #feeeb0

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#feeeb0 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.07:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#feeeb0, answered

What color is #feeeb0?

#feeeb0 is a light electric yellow, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 3.5). It sits at 48° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #feeeb0?

rgb(254, 238, 176) — 254 red, 238 green and 176 blue out of 255, or 99.6% / 93.3% / 69% by channel.

What is #feeeb0 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(48, 98%, 84%) and hsv(48, 31%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #feeeb0 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8535 and perceived brightness is 93%, so black text on it reaches 18.07:1.

Should I use black or white text on #feeeb0?

Black. It scores 18.07:1 against #feeeb0, versus 1.16:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #feeeb0 accessible on a white background?

#feeeb0 on white scores 1.16:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #8F7202 to reach 4.5:1, or #6B5601 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #feeeb0?

#B0C0FE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B0E7FE and #C7B0FE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #feeeb0?

For interface work: #FAF9F4 as the surface, #EDE3C0 for borders, #9B8A4B for secondary text, #005CCC as an accent and #7E6402 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FEC7B0 and #E7FEB0 stays calm, while #B0C0FE is the loudest partner.

What is #feeeb0 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 6%, 31%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #feeeb0 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 15 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FED8B0; nudged cooler, #F2FFAF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #feeeb0?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 19.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #feeeb0 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #feeeb0 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#feeeb0] or text-[#feeeb0], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #feeeb0 with 50% opacity?

rgba(254, 238, 176, 0.5), or #feeeb080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FFF7D8; over black, #7F7758.

Is #feeeb0 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFF99, ΔE2000 8.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #feeeb0 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #feeeb0?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFFBEB, #feeeb0 45%, #7E6402). For more colour, a short hue run to #C3FE92 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #feeeb0 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #feeeb0 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.