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#EAEC05 — Vivid Yellow

#EAEC05 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 #EAEC05 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.

#EAEC05 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 #0905EB; it also sits naturally between #EB7C05 and #74EB05. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEC05 · RGB 234, 236, 5

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Color values

HEX#EAEC05
RGB234, 236, 5
HSL61°, 96%, 47%
HSV61°, 98%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 98%, 7%
XYZ63.95, 77.49, 11.73
Yxy77.49, 0.4175, 0.5059
CIE-Lab90.55, -21.12, 88.54
Hunter Lab88.03, -19.98, 50.81

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 #EAEC05 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEC05 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEC05

.text { color: #EAEC05; }
.background { background-color: #EAEC05; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEC05; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 5); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 96%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEC05; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 5, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEC05; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 5, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEC05">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEC05">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEC05

#D3D704#BBBE04#A7AA03#939603#808203#676902#545502#404101#272801#141400

Tints of #EAEC05

#F6FA0F#F7FB28#F8FB41#F9FC5A#FAFC73#FBFD87#FCFDA0#FCFEB9#FDFED2#FEFFEB

Tones of #EAEC05

#D7DA16#C8CB25#B8BA36#A7A947#979857#888967

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0905EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #EAEC05: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEC05

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 #EAEC05: ·

How #EAEC05 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEB3DDeuteranopia · #EBEB4ATritanopia · #EA6973

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 #EAEC05 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 F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEC04  ·  #EAEC06 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEC05?

#EAEC05 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 5). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEC05?

#EAEC05 is RGB 234, 236, 5 — HSL 61°, 96%, 47% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 98%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEC05?

Its complement is #0905EB; analogous partners are #EB7C05 and #74EB05. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEC05 for text?

Black text on #EAEC05 has a contrast ratio of 16.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.