Palettes / Colors / #E6B800

#E6B800 — Vivid Yellow

#E6B800 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Orange (#FFA500). It belongs to the yellow family.

#E6B800 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 #002EE6; it also sits naturally between #E64500 and #A1E600. 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 90% · Green 72% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 100% · Key 10%

Previews

CSS code for #E6B800

.text { color: #E6B800; }
.background { background-color: #E6B800; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E6B800; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(230, 184, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 100%, 45%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E6B800; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(230, 184, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E6B800; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(230, 184, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E6B800">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E6B800">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E6B800

Tints of #E6B800

Tones of #E6B800

Color harmonies

Complementary — #002EE6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E6B800: #000000.

How #E6B800 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 #E6B800 or a close neighbour

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E6B7FF  ·  #E6B801 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E6B800?

#E6B800 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 230, 184, 0). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E6B800?

#E6B800 is RGB 230, 184, 0 — HSL 48°, 100%, 45% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 100%, 10%.

What colors go with #E6B800?

Its complement is #002EE6; analogous partners are #E64500 and #A1E600. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E6B800 for text?

Black text on #E6B800 has a contrast ratio of 11.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.87:1.