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#EAAE04 — Vivid Yellow

#EAAE04 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 #EAAE04 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.

#EAAE04 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 #0442EC; it also sits naturally between #EC3A04 and #B6EC04. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAAE04 · RGB 234, 174, 4

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Color values

HEX#EAAE04
RGB234, 174, 4
HSL44°, 97%, 47%
HSV44°, 98%, 92%
CMYK0%, 26%, 98%, 8%
XYZ49.09, 47.77, 6.75
Yxy47.77, 0.4738, 0.4611
CIE-Lab74.68, 10.29, 77.20
Hunter Lab69.12, 9.66, 40.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 68% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 98% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAAE04 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAAE04 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAAE04

.text { color: #EAAE04; }
.background { background-color: #EAAE04; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAAE04; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 174, 4); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(44, 97%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAAE04; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 174, 4, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAAE04; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 174, 4, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAAE04">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAAE04">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAAE04

#D89F03#BF8D03#AB7E03#976F02#836002#694E02#553F01#413001#281E01#140F00

Tints of #EAAE04

#FBBC0E#FCC327#FCCA40#FCD159#FDD872#FDDE86#FEE4A0#FEEBB9#FEF2D2#FFF9EB

Tones of #EAAE04

#DBA614#CB9E25#BA9736#AA8F46#998856#898067

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0442EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #EAAE04: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAAE04

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 #EAAE04: ·

How #EAAE04 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CF2DDeuteranopia · #D4D837Tritanopia · #E74E55

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 #EAAE04 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
Misty Mosaic
#10399F · #3492EA · #E7AD18 · #F6EEC7

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAAE03  ·  #EAAE05 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAAE04?

#EAAE04 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 174, 4). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAAE04?

#EAAE04 is RGB 234, 174, 4 — HSL 44°, 97%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 98%, 8%.

What colors go with #EAAE04?

Its complement is #0442EC; analogous partners are #EC3A04 and #B6EC04. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAAE04 for text?

Black text on #EAAE04 has a contrast ratio of 10.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.99:1.