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#EAEC60 — Vivid Yellow

#EAEC60 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 #EAEC60 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.

#EAEC60 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 #625FEC; it also sits naturally between #ECA85F and #A3EC5F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEC60 · RGB 234, 236, 96

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Color values

HEX#EAEC60
RGB234, 236, 96
HSL61°, 79%, 65%
HSV61°, 59%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 59%, 7%
XYZ66.04, 78.33, 22.70
Yxy78.33, 0.3953, 0.4688
CIE-Lab90.93, -18.05, 65.76
Hunter Lab88.50, -17.23, 43.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 38%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 59% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEC60 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEC60 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEC60

.text { color: #EAEC60; }
.background { background-color: #EAEC60; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEC60; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 79%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEC60; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEC60; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEC60">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEC60">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEC60

#E6E944#E3E628#D3D719#B8BB16#9DA013#7E800F#63640C#484909#2D2E05#121202

Tints of #EAEC60

#ECEE6D#EEEF7B#EFF188#F1F396#F4F5A8#F5F6B6#F7F8C4#F9FAD1#FBFBDF#FDFDED

Tones of #EAEC60

#E0E269#D6D874#CDCE7E#C3C487#BABA91#AFB09C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #625FEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEC60: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEC60

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 #EAEC60: ·

How #EAEC60 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEB82Deuteranopia · #EBEB8ATritanopia · #EA9DA3

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 #EAEC60 rather than the exact color:

Golden Ruby Monsoon
#EBED58 · #8EE659 · #47E96D · #23E7C8
Silent Garden
#E9EE57 · #BEED66 · #9FEC78 · #85F083
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Velvet Zephyr
#EDE161 · #A6E431 · #55E02D · #46DA64
Palette F3f169
#F3F169 · #46C3DB · #2D6CDF · #482FF7
Palette Faf2d3
#FAF2D3 · #F4E869 · #3085C3 · #5CD2E6

Similar colors

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

#EBED58#E9EE57#E7E35F#EDE161#F3F169#F4E869#ECE852#F4EB6C#E3DE61#E6E46D#F6E96B#FAEF5D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEC5F  ·  #EAEC61 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEC60?

#EAEC60 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 96). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEC60?

#EAEC60 is RGB 234, 236, 96 — HSL 61°, 79%, 65% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 59%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEC60?

Its complement is #625FEC; analogous partners are #ECA85F and #A3EC5F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEC60 for text?

Black text on #EAEC60 has a contrast ratio of 16.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.