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#EAEC65 — Light Vivid Yellow

#EAEC65 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #EAEC65 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.

#EAEC65 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 #6765EC; it also sits naturally between #ECAB65 and #A6EC65. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEC65 · RGB 234, 236, 101

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Color values

HEX#EAEC65
RGB234, 236, 101
HSL61°, 78%, 66%
HSV61°, 57%, 93%
CMYK1%, 0%, 57%, 7%
XYZ66.28, 78.42, 23.96
Yxy78.42, 0.3930, 0.4650
CIE-Lab90.97, -17.71, 63.70
Hunter Lab88.56, -16.92, 42.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 40%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 57% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEC65 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEC65 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEC65

.text { color: #EAEC65; }
.background { background-color: #EAEC65; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEC65; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 101); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 78%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEC65; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 101, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEC65; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 101, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEC65">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEC65">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEC65

#E6E949#E2E52E#D2D51A#B7BA17#9D9F14#828410#67680D#484909#2D2D06#121202

Tints of #EAEC65

#ECEE72#EDEF80#EFF18E#F1F39B#F3F4A9#F5F6B6#F7F8C4#F9F9D2#FBFBDF#FCFDED

Tones of #EAEC65

#E0E26E#D7D978#CECF81#C4C58C#BBBB95#B2B29F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6765EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.68:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEC65: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEC65

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 #EAEC65: ·

How #EAEC65 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEB86Deuteranopia · #EBEB8ETritanopia · #EA9FA5

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 #EAEC65 rather than the exact color:

Palette F3f169
#F3F169 · #46C3DB · #2D6CDF · #482FF7
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Palette Faf2d3
#FAF2D3 · #F4E869 · #3085C3 · #5CD2E6
Hidden Terrace
#B1991F · #E6E46D · #4A62DF · #A8B4EA
Velvet Zephyr
#EDE161 · #A6E431 · #55E02D · #46DA64
Ruby Voyage
#006199 · #8ACFF8 · #F4EB6C · #FFD444

Similar colors

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

#F3F169#E7E35F#F4E869#E6E46D#EDE161#F4EB6C#F0E76F#F2ED6F#EBED58#E8EF72#F6E96B#E9EE57

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEC64  ·  #EAEC66 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEC65?

#EAEC65 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 236, 101). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEC65?

#EAEC65 is RGB 234, 236, 101 — HSL 61°, 78%, 66% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 57%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEC65?

Its complement is #6765EC; analogous partners are #ECAB65 and #A6EC65. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEC65 for text?

Black text on #EAEC65 has a contrast ratio of 16.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.