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#EBDB01 — Vivid Yellow

#EBDB01 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #EBDB01 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.

#EBDB01 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 #0111E9; it also sits naturally between #E96601 and #85E901. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBDB01 · RGB 235, 219, 1

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Color values

HEX#EBDB01
RGB235, 219, 1
HSL56°, 99%, 46%
HSV56°, 100%, 92%
CMYK0%, 7%, 100%, 8%
XYZ59.60, 68.33, 10.08
Yxy68.33, 0.4319, 0.4951
CIE-Lab86.17, -12.43, 85.69
Hunter Lab82.66, -11.73, 47.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 86% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 100% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBDB01 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBDB01 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBDB01

.text { color: #EBDB01; }
.background { background-color: #EBDB01; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBDB01; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 219, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 99%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBDB01; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 219, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBDB01; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 219, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBDB01">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBDB01">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBDB01

#D5C701#C1B401#A79C01#938901#7F7601#6B6301#565100#3D3900#292600#141300

Tints of #EBDB01

#FEED06#FEEF20#FEF139#FEF352#FEF46C#FEF685#FFF89F#FFFAB8#FFFCD1#FFFEEB

Tones of #EBDB01

#D9CC12#C9BD22#B8AF32#A7A044#969254#868465

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0111E9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBDB01: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBDB01

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 #EBDB01: ·

How #EBDB01 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E436Deuteranopia · #E5E642Tritanopia · #EA5F69

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 Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EBDB01 rather than the exact color:

Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA
Palette Fffbe0
#FFFBE0 · #FCDA05 · #393E46 · #222831
Palette 26355d
#26355D · #AF47D2 · #FF8F00 · #FFDB00
Palette 00809d
#00809D · #FCF8DD · #FFD700 · #D3AF37

Similar colors

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

#E1E100#F9E400#EBDD12#FCDA05#FFDB00#FFD700#FCE700#FFE100#FFD400#FFCF00#FFE700#F4CE14

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBDB00  ·  #EBDB02 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBDB01?

#EBDB01 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 219, 1). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBDB01?

#EBDB01 is RGB 235, 219, 1 — HSL 56°, 99%, 46% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 100%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBDB01?

Its complement is #0111E9; analogous partners are #E96601 and #85E901. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBDB01 for text?

Black text on #EBDB01 has a contrast ratio of 14.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.