Palettes / Colors / #DEED02

#DEED02 — Vivid Yellow

#DEED02 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Yellow (#FFFF00). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellow (#FFFF00) — not an exact match. CSS yellow gives you #FFFF00, a different color; use #DEED02 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.

#DEED02 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #1202ED; it also sits naturally between #ED8802 and #68ED02. 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 87% · Green 93% · Blue 1%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #DEED02

.text { color: #DEED02; }
.background { background-color: #DEED02; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEED02; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 237, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 98%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEED02; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 237, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEED02; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 237, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DEED02">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DEED02">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DEED02

Tints of #DEED02

Tones of #DEED02

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1202ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DEED02: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEED02

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 #DEED02 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 #DEED02 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

← #DEED01  ·  #DEED03 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEED02?

#DEED02 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 222, 237, 2). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEED02?

#DEED02 is RGB 222, 237, 2 — HSL 64°, 98%, 47% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 99%, 7%.

What colors go with #DEED02?

Its complement is #1202ED; analogous partners are #ED8802 and #68ED02. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEED02 for text?

Black text on #DEED02 has a contrast ratio of 16.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.29:1.