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#EAEF46 — Vivid Yellow

#EAEF46 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GreenYellow (#ADFF2F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: greenyellow (#ADFF2F) — not an exact match. CSS greenyellow gives you #ADFF2F, a different color; use #EAEF46 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.

#EAEF46 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 #4E48EF; it also sits naturally between #EFA148 and #96EF48. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEF46 · RGB 234, 239, 70

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Color values

HEX#EAEF46
RGB234, 239, 70
HSL62°, 84%, 61%
HSV62°, 71%, 94%
CMYK2%, 0%, 71%, 6%
XYZ65.90, 79.67, 17.70
Yxy79.67, 0.4036, 0.4880
CIE-Lab91.54, -20.97, 76.26
Hunter Lab89.26, -19.95, 47.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 94% · Blue 27%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 71% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEF46 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEF46 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEF46

.text { color: #EAEF46; }
.background { background-color: #EAEF46; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEF46; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 239, 70); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 84%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEF46; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 239, 70, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEF46; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 239, 70, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEF46">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEF46">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEF46

#E6ED2C#E3EB14#C8CE12#ADB210#969B0D#7B7F0B#606309#444606#2D2F04#121302

Tints of #EAEF46

#ECF15B#EDF269#F0F47C#F1F58A#F3F69C#F5F8AB#F7F9BD#F9FBCB#FBFCDE#FDFDEC

Tones of #EAEF46

#DEE354#D3D760#C8CB6C#BDBF78#B2B384#A7A790

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4E48EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.93:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEF46: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEF46

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 #EAEF46: ·

How #EAEF46 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECEC6FDeuteranopia · #ECEC79Tritanopia · #EA8F96

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 #EAEF46 rather than the exact color:

Amber Garden
#8CAA0F · #E3F04A · #5835EE · #9E92EF
Amber Ruby Ember
#69900E · #E3ED4B · #4E15D4 · #B7A5F0
Ruby Lagoon
#1F06AC · #0F42C0 · #5882E8 · #E3EF4F
Modern Monsoon
#1311A2 · #716BEF · #E8EA3B · #F5F0C4
Palette 5cb338
#5CB338 · #ECE852 · #FFC145 · #FB4141
Cosmic Saffron
#0D1721 · #FA2F47 · #FF33CD · #EAFD43

Similar colors

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

#E3F04A#E3ED4B#E3EF4F#E8EA3B#ECE852#EAFD43#F2F73C#EFFD4A#ECE24F#E9EE57#F0FF42#E3F838

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEF45  ·  #EAEF47 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEF46?

#EAEF46 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 234, 239, 70). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEF46?

#EAEF46 is RGB 234, 239, 70 — HSL 62°, 84%, 61% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 71%, 6%.

What colors go with #EAEF46?

Its complement is #4E48EF; analogous partners are #EFA148 and #96EF48. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEF46 for text?

Black text on #EAEF46 has a contrast ratio of 16.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.