Maroon Colors  ·  Color Library

Palettes / Colors / #E4E700

#E4E700 — Vivid Yellow

#E4E700 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #E4E700 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.

#E4E700 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 #0400E6; it also sits naturally between #E67700 and #6FE600. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4E700 · RGB 228, 231, 0

Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

HEX#E4E700
RGB228, 231, 0
HSL61°, 100%, 45%
HSV61°, 100%, 91%
CMYK1%, 0%, 100%, 9%
XYZ60.57, 73.65, 11.02
Yxy73.65, 0.4170, 0.5071
CIE-Lab88.75, -21.26, 87.40
Hunter Lab85.82, -19.92, 49.62

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 91% · Blue 0%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 9%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E4E700 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4E700 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4E700

.text { color: #E4E700; }
.background { background-color: #E4E700; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4E700; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 231, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 100%, 45%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4E700; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 231, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4E700; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 231, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4E700">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4E700">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4E700

#CED100#BABD00#A5A800#919400#7D8000#646600#505200#3C3D00#282900#141400

Tints of #E4E700

#FBFF00#FBFF1A#FCFF33#FCFF4D#FDFF6B#FDFF85#FDFF9E#FEFFB8#FEFFD1#FFFFEB

Tones of #E4E700

#D2D510#C2C421#B2B431#A2A441#939451#828363

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0400E6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.73:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4E700: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4E700

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 #E4E700: ·

How #E4E700 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E538Deuteranopia · #E5E545Tritanopia · #E4646E

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:

Material Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E4E700 rather than the exact color:

Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Cyber Lime
#0B0C10 · #1F2833 · #C5C6C7 · #D4F000
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF

Similar colors

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

#E1E100#EBF400#D4F000#F9E400#EBDD12#FCE700#FFE700#CFF800#FFEB00#FFE100#FCDA05#FFF100

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4E6FF  ·  #E4E701 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4E700?

#E4E700 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 228, 231, 0). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4E700?

#E4E700 is RGB 228, 231, 0 — HSL 61°, 100%, 45% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 100%, 9%.

What colors go with #E4E700?

Its complement is #0400E6; analogous partners are #E67700 and #6FE600. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4E700 for text?

Black text on #E4E700 has a contrast ratio of 15.73:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.