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#EAEE19 — Vivid Yellow

#EAEE19 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 #EAEE19 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.

#EAEE19 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 #1F1BEE; it also sits naturally between #EE881B and #81EE1B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEE19 · RGB 234, 238, 25

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Color values

HEX#EAEE19
RGB234, 238, 25
HSL61°, 86%, 52%
HSV61°, 89%, 93%
CMYK2%, 0%, 89%, 7%
XYZ64.68, 78.71, 12.70
Yxy78.71, 0.4144, 0.5042
CIE-Lab91.10, -21.86, 86.93
Hunter Lab88.72, -20.71, 50.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 10%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 89% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEE19 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEE19 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEE19

.text { color: #EAEE19; }
.background { background-color: #EAEE19; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEE19; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 238, 25); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 86%, 52%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEE19; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 238, 25, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEE19; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 238, 25, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEE19">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEE19">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEE19

#DBDF11#C4C70F#B1B40E#9A9D0C#83850A#6B6D08#545506#414205#2A2B03#131301

Tints of #EAEE19

#ECEF2E#EEF146#F0F359#F2F471#F4F684#F6F797#F8F9AE#F9FAC1#FCFCD9#FDFEEC

Tones of #EAEE19

#DCDF2A#CDCF3A#BFC149#B0B257#A2A366#939376

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1F1BEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.74:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEE19: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEE19

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 #EAEE19: ·

How #EAEE19 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECEC4DDeuteranopia · #ECEB59Tritanopia · #EA757E

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 #EAEE19 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Voyage
#0E11B0 · #402DEE · #EDEA27 · #EFE692
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA
Cosmic Ruby Breeze
#330D15 · #DBF720 · #241AFC · #FAE119
Electric Ruby Drift
#0E0619 · #F7F128 · #23FD79 · #58FB26
Frozen Ruby Solace
#0D3820 · #FCF211 · #2B28F8 · #FB3D25
Rustic Ruby Marble
#1F071E · #F5F828 · #4E6FFC · #FB3D21

Similar colors

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

#EDEA27#EBDD12#DBF720#F7F128#FCF211#FAE119#F5F828#F8DE22#FFE31A#D8E324#F9FF21#D4F620

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEE18  ·  #EAEE1A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEE19?

#EAEE19 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 238, 25). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEE19?

#EAEE19 is RGB 234, 238, 25 — HSL 61°, 86%, 52% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 89%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEE19?

Its complement is #1F1BEE; analogous partners are #EE881B and #81EE1B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEE19 for text?

Black text on #EAEE19 has a contrast ratio of 16.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.