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#EAAE03 — Vivid Yellow

#EAAE03 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Orange (#FFA500). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orange (#FFA500) — not an exact match. CSS orange gives you #FFA500, a different color; use #EAAE03 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.

#EAAE03 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 #0440E7; it also sits naturally between #E73904 and #B2E704. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAE03 · RGB 234, 174, 3

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Color values

HEX#EAAE03
RGB234, 174, 3
HSL44°, 97%, 46%
HSV44°, 99%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 99%, 8%
XYZ49.08, 47.77, 6.72
Yxy47.77, 0.4739, 0.4612
CIE-Lab74.68, 10.28, 77.31
Hunter Lab69.12, 9.65, 40.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 68% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 99% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAE03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAE03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAE03

.text { color: #EAAE03; }
.background { background-color: #EAAE03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAE03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 174, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 97%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAE03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 174, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAE03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 174, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAE03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAE03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAE03

#D39C03#BF8D03#A67A03#926B02#7E5D02#694E02#553F01#3C2C01#281E01#140F00

Tints of #EAAE03

#FBBB09#FCC222#FCC93B#FCD054#FDD76D#FDDE86#FEE4A0#FEEBB9#FEF2D2#FFF9EB

Tones of #EAAE03

#D7A314#C69B24#B69335#A78C44#968554#867D65

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0440E7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.99:1 Fails
Against black text10.55:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAAE03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAE03

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 #EAAE03: ·

How #EAAE03 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CF2CDeuteranopia · #D4D836Tritanopia · #E74D54

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:

Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Tailwind amber 500 · #F59E0BMaterial Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAAE03 rather than the exact color:

Honey Ruby
#F9E6A8 · #F2A900 · #CC6F00 · #4D2A00
Palette 1b1a17
#1B1A17 · #F0A500 · #E45826 · #E6D5B8
Palette 25671e
#25671E · #48A111 · #F2B50B · #F7F0F0
Palette F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404
Palette 59d5e0
#59D5E0 · #F5DD61 · #FAA300 · #F4538A
Palette 0a7c6e
#0A7C6E · #F59E0B · #FF6B35 · #FAFAFA

Similar colors

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

#F2A900#F0A500#F2B50B#F9B208#FAA300#F59E0B#E7AD18#FFAF00#FFB000#FDA403#FFAA00#FFB200

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAE02  ·  #EAAE04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAE03?

#EAAE03 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 174, 3). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAE03?

#EAAE03 is RGB 234, 174, 3 — HSL 44°, 97%, 46% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 99%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAE03?

Its complement is #0440E7; analogous partners are #E73904 and #B2E704. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAE03 for text?

Black text on #EAAE03 has a contrast ratio of 10.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.99:1.