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#EAEC00 — Vivid Yellow

#EAEC00 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 #EAEC00 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.

#EAEC00 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 #0400EB; it also sits naturally between #EB7900 and #71EB00. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEC00 · RGB 234, 236, 0

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Color values

HEX#EAEC00
RGB234, 236, 0
HSL61°, 100%, 46%
HSV61°, 100%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 100%, 7%
XYZ63.93, 77.48, 11.59
Yxy77.48, 0.4178, 0.5064
CIE-Lab90.54, -21.16, 88.92
Hunter Lab88.02, -20.02, 50.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 0%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEC00 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEC00 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEC00

.text { color: #EAEC00; }
.background { background-color: #EAEC00; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEC00; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 100%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEC00; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEC00; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEC00">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEC00">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEC00

#D3D600#BFC200#A5A800#919400#7D8000#696B00#555700#3C3D00#282900#141400

Tints of #EAEC00

#FBFF05#FBFF1F#FCFF38#FCFF52#FDFF6B#FDFF85#FDFF9E#FEFFB8#FEFFD1#FFFFEB

Tones of #EAEC00

#D7DA10#C6C922#B6B832#A6A843#969753#858665

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0400EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEC00: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEC00

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 #EAEC00: ·

How #EAEC00 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEB39Deuteranopia · #EBEB47Tritanopia · #EA6670

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 #EAEC00 rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette 4379f2
#4379F2 · #FFEB00 · #6EC207 · #117554
Palette 000957
#000957 · #344CB7 · #577BC1 · #FFEB00

Similar colors

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

#EBF400#E1E100#F9E400#FCE700#FFEB00#FFE700#FFF100#F7FD04#D4F000#EBDD12#FFE100#FCF211

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEBFF  ·  #EAEC01 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEC00?

#EAEC00 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 0). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEC00?

#EAEC00 is RGB 234, 236, 0 — HSL 61°, 100%, 46% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 100%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEC00?

Its complement is #0400EB; analogous partners are #EB7900 and #71EB00. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEC00 for text?

Black text on #EAEC00 has a contrast ratio of 16.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.