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#EAEC04 — Vivid Yellow

#EAEC04 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 #EAEC04 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.

#EAEC04 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 #0704EC; it also sits naturally between #EC7C04 and #74EC04. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEC04 · RGB 234, 236, 4

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Color values

HEX#EAEC04
RGB234, 236, 4
HSL61°, 97%, 47%
HSV61°, 98%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 98%, 7%
XYZ63.95, 77.49, 11.70
Yxy77.49, 0.4176, 0.5060
CIE-Lab90.55, -21.13, 88.61
Hunter Lab88.03, -19.99, 50.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 2%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 98% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEC04 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEC04 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEC04

.text { color: #EAEC04; }
.background { background-color: #EAEC04; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEC04; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 4); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 97%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEC04; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 4, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEC04; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 4, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEC04">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEC04">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEC04

#D4D803#BCBF03#A8AB03#949702#808302#686902#545501#404101#282801#141400

Tints of #EAEC04

#F7FB0E#F8FC27#F9FC40#FAFC59#FBFD72#FBFD86#FCFEA0#FDFEB9#FEFED2#FEFFEB

Tones of #EAEC04

#D8DB14#C8CB25#B8BA36#A9AA46#989956#888967

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0704EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #EAEC04: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEC04

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 #EAEC04: ·

How #EAEC04 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEB3CDeuteranopia · #EBEB4ATritanopia · #EA6872

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 #EAEC04 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
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA
Palette 4379f2
#4379F2 · #FFEB00 · #6EC207 · #117554

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEC03  ·  #EAEC05 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEC04?

#EAEC04 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 4). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEC04?

#EAEC04 is RGB 234, 236, 4 — HSL 61°, 97%, 47% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 98%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEC04?

Its complement is #0704EC; analogous partners are #EC7C04 and #74EC04. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEC04 for text?

Black text on #EAEC04 has a contrast ratio of 16.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.