Palettes / Colors / #EBBB04

#EBBB04 — Vivid Yellow

#EBBB04 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Orange (#FFA500). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orange (#FFA500) — not an exact match. CSS orange gives you #FFA500, a different color; use #EBBB04 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.

#EBBB04 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 #0432EC; it also sits naturally between #EC4904 and #A6EC04. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 73% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 98% · Key 8%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EBBB04

.text { color: #EBBB04; }
.background { background-color: #EBBB04; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBBB04; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 187, 4); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 97%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBBB04; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 187, 4, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBBB04; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 187, 4, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBBB04">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBBB04">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBBB04

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Tones of #EBBB04

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0432EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EBBB04: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBBB04

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:

How #EBBB04 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EBBB04 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBBB03  ·  #EBBB05 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBBB04?

#EBBB04 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 187, 4). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBBB04?

#EBBB04 is RGB 235, 187, 4 — HSL 48°, 97%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 98%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBBB04?

Its complement is #0432EC; analogous partners are #EC4904 and #A6EC04. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBBB04 for text?

Black text on #EBBB04 has a contrast ratio of 11.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.80:1.