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#EAEE4C — Vivid Yellow

#EAEE4C 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 #EAEE4C 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.

#EAEE4C 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 #504EEF; it also sits naturally between #EFA14E and #9BEF4E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEE4C · RGB 234, 238, 76

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Color values

HEX#EAEE4C
RGB234, 238, 76
HSL61°, 83%, 62%
HSV61°, 68%, 93%
CMYK2%, 0%, 68%, 7%
XYZ65.81, 79.16, 18.65
Yxy79.16, 0.4022, 0.4838
CIE-Lab91.31, -20.20, 73.94
Hunter Lab88.97, -19.22, 46.74

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 30%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 68% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEE4C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEE4C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEE4C

.text { color: #EAEE4C; }
.background { background-color: #EAEE4C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEE4C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 238, 76); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 83%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEE4C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 238, 76, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEE4C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 238, 76, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEE4C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEE4C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEE4C

#E9EC32#E6E916#CFD214#B3B611#989A0E#7C7E0C#616209#4A4B07#2E2F04#121302

Tints of #EAEE4C

#EDF05C#EFF26E#F1F37C#F3F58F#F4F69D#F6F7AB#F8F9BE#F9FACC#FBFCDE#FDFDEC

Tones of #EAEE4C

#E1E359#D5D765#CACC71#C0C17B#B5B587#A9AA92

Color harmonies

Complementary — #504EEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.83:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEE4C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEE4C

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 #EAEE4C: ·

How #EAEE4C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECEC73Deuteranopia · #ECEB7DTritanopia · #EA9299

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 #EAEE4C rather than the exact color:

Amber Ruby Ember
#69900E · #E3ED4B · #4E15D4 · #B7A5F0
Amber Garden
#8CAA0F · #E3F04A · #5835EE · #9E92EF
Ruby Lagoon
#1F06AC · #0F42C0 · #5882E8 · #E3EF4F
Palette 5cb338
#5CB338 · #ECE852 · #FFC145 · #FB4141
Silent Garden
#E9EE57 · #BEED66 · #9FEC78 · #85F083
Golden Ruby Monsoon
#EBED58 · #8EE659 · #47E96D · #23E7C8

Similar colors

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

#E3ED4B#E3F04A#E3EF4F#ECE852#E9EE57#EBED58#ECE24F#F4F754#EFFD4A#F4E04D#EAFD43#FBEF50

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEE4B  ·  #EAEE4D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEE4C?

#EAEE4C is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 238, 76). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEE4C?

#EAEE4C is RGB 234, 238, 76 — HSL 61°, 83%, 62% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 68%, 7%.

What colors go with #EAEE4C?

Its complement is #504EEF; analogous partners are #EFA14E and #9BEF4E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEE4C for text?

Black text on #EAEE4C has a contrast ratio of 16.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.