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#EBBC47 — Vivid Yellow

#EBBC47 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color SandyBrown (#F4A460). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: sandybrown (#F4A460) — not an exact match. CSS sandybrown gives you #F4A460, a different color; use #EBBC47 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.

#EBBC47 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 #4776EB; it also sits naturally between #EB6B47 and #C7EB47. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBBC47 · RGB 235, 188, 71

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Color values

HEX#EBBC47
RGB235, 188, 71
HSL43°, 80%, 60%
HSV43°, 70%, 92%
CMYK0%, 20%, 70%, 8%
XYZ53.38, 54.08, 13.59
Yxy54.08, 0.4410, 0.4468
CIE-Lab78.51, 5.16, 63.01
Hunter Lab73.54, 4.87, 37.93

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 74% · Blue 28%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 70% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBBC47 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBBC47 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBBC47

.text { color: #EBBC47; }
.background { background-color: #EBBC47; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBBC47; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 188, 71); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 80%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBBC47; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 188, 71, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBBC47; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 188, 71, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBBC47">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBBC47">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBBC47

#E8B22C#E1A819#C59416#AE8213#936E10#77590D#60480B#453408#2E2205#120E02

Tints of #EBBC47

#EDC35A#EEC868#F0CF7A#F2D488#F4DA9A#F6E1AC#F7E6BA#F9EDCD#FBF2DA#FDF8ED

Tones of #EBBC47

#DFB753#D3B25F#C8AD6A#BCA876#B0A382#A49E8E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4776EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.78:1 Fails
Against black text11.82:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBBC47: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBBC47

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 #EBBC47: ·

How #EBBC47 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D663Deuteranopia · #D9DD6ATritanopia · #E97A7F

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BTailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EBBC47 rather than the exact color:

Gentle Cinder
#D09913 · #EFBE4C · #1E5AEA · #C3CFF6
Palette 2d3c59
#2D3C59 · #94A378 · #E5BA41 · #D1855C
Crystal Canyon
#134BD1 · #496AEF · #EFC151 · #EEC391
Tranquil Monsoon
#ECB047 · #98CB0F · #6BF05D · #11D87C
Wild Ruby Monsoon
#827B10 · #E9C74D · #1B26E1 · #BCBDF2
Dreamy Cinder
#E5237B · #D31D2D · #E79777 · #EEB853

Similar colors

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

#EFBE4C#E5BA41#EFC151#ECB047#E9C74D#EEB853#E8BD54#EDC23B#E9B63B#F4B342#DEBA41#F8B64A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBBC46  ·  #EBBC48 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBBC47?

#EBBC47 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 188, 71). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBBC47?

#EBBC47 is RGB 235, 188, 71 — HSL 43°, 80%, 60% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 70%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBBC47?

Its complement is #4776EB; analogous partners are #EB6B47 and #C7EB47. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBBC47 for text?

Black text on #EBBC47 has a contrast ratio of 11.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.78:1.