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#EAEC56 — Vivid Yellow

#EAEC56 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #EAEC56 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.

#EAEC56 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 #5855EC; it also sits naturally between #ECA355 and #9EEC55. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEC56 · RGB 234, 236, 86

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Color values

HEX#EAEC56
RGB234, 236, 86
HSL61°, 80%, 63%
HSV61°, 64%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 64%, 7%
XYZ65.61, 78.16, 20.43
Yxy78.16, 0.3996, 0.4760
CIE-Lab90.85, -18.68, 69.72
Hunter Lab88.41, -17.80, 45.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 34%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 64% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEC56 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEC56 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEC56

.text { color: #EAEC56; }
.background { background-color: #EAEC56; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEC56; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 86); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 80%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEC56; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 86, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEC56; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 86, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEC56">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEC56">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEC56

#E6E93A#E3E61E#CBCF17#B0B314#9A9C11#7F810E#63650B#484908#2D2E05#121202

Tints of #EAEC56

#EBEE63#EEF075#EFF183#F1F391#F3F5A3#F5F6B1#F7F8BF#F9F9CD#FBFBDF#FDFDED

Tones of #EAEC56

#E0E260#D5D66B#CBCC75#C0C181#B6B68B#ABAB96

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5855EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEC56: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEC56

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 #EAEC56: ·

How #EAEC56 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEB7ADeuteranopia · #EBEB83Tritanopia · #EA979D

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAEC56 rather than the exact color:

Silent Garden
#E9EE57 · #BEED66 · #9FEC78 · #85F083
Golden Ruby Monsoon
#EBED58 · #8EE659 · #47E96D · #23E7C8
Palette 5cb338
#5CB338 · #ECE852 · #FFC145 · #FB4141
Ruby Lagoon
#1F06AC · #0F42C0 · #5882E8 · #E3EF4F
Lucky Ruby Ember
#BFA815 · #ECE24F · #2F49E8 · #9997ED
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1

Similar colors

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

#E9EE57#EBED58#ECE852#E3EF4F#ECE24F#E7E35F#E3ED4B#E3F04A#F4F754#EDE161#F8E559#FAEF5D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEC55  ·  #EAEC57 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEC56?

#EAEC56 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 86). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEC56?

#EAEC56 is RGB 234, 236, 86 — HSL 61°, 80%, 63% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 64%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEC56?

Its complement is #5855EC; analogous partners are #ECA355 and #9EEC55. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEC56 for text?

Black text on #EAEC56 has a contrast ratio of 16.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.