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#EBDA55 — Vivid Yellow

#EBDA55 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 #EBDA55 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.

#EBDA55 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 #5668EB; it also sits naturally between #EB8F56 and #B2EB56. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBDA55 · RGB 235, 218, 85

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Color values

HEX#EBDA55
RGB235, 218, 85
HSL53°, 79%, 63%
HSV53°, 64%, 92%
CMYK0%, 7%, 64%, 8%
XYZ60.97, 68.46, 18.60
Yxy68.46, 0.4119, 0.4625
CIE-Lab86.24, -9.45, 65.31
Hunter Lab82.74, -8.98, 41.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 85% · Blue 33%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 64% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBDA55 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBDA55 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBDA55

.text { color: #EBDA55; }
.background { background-color: #EBDA55; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBDA55; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 218, 85); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 79%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBDA55; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 218, 85, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBDA55; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 218, 85, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBDA55">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBDA55">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBDA55

#E8D43B#E5CE1F#CDB818#B2A015#9B8B12#80730F#645A0C#494209#2E2905#121002

Tints of #EBDA55

#EDDD64#EFE176#F1E484#F2E791#F4EBA4#F6EEB1#F8F1BF#F9F4CD#FBF8DF#FDFBED

Tones of #EBDA55

#E1D260#D5C96C#CBC176#C1B981#B6B18B#ABA996

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5668EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.69:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBDA55: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBDA55

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 #EBDA55: ·

How #EBDA55 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E375Deuteranopia · #E5E67DTritanopia · #EA8F94

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 #EBDA55 rather than the exact color:

Lucky Ruby Ember
#BFA815 · #ECE24F · #2F49E8 · #9997ED
Palette F4e04d
#F4E04D · #F2ED6F · #CEE397 · #8DB1AB
Velvet Zephyr
#EDE161 · #A6E431 · #55E02D · #46DA64
Smoky Ruby Cascade
#1C20BB · #5F3BE2 · #E7E35F · #EEECB1
Palette 03256c
#03256C · #2541B2 · #1768AC · #E5D549
Palette 5cb338
#5CB338 · #ECE852 · #FFC145 · #FB4141

Similar colors

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

#ECE24F#F4E04D#EDE161#E7E35F#E5D549#ECE852#E2D050#F9DD53#F4D35E#EFD448#E9CD5C#E3DE61

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBDA54  ·  #EBDA56 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBDA55?

#EBDA55 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 218, 85). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBDA55?

#EBDA55 is RGB 235, 218, 85 — HSL 53°, 79%, 63% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 64%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBDA55?

Its complement is #5668EB; analogous partners are #EB8F56 and #B2EB56. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBDA55 for text?

Black text on #EBDA55 has a contrast ratio of 14.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.