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#EBDC03 — Vivid Yellow

#EBDC03 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 #EBDC03 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.

#EBDC03 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 #0413EC; it also sits naturally between #EC6804 and #87EC04. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBDC03 · RGB 235, 220, 3

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Color values

HEX#EBDC03
RGB235, 220, 3
HSL56°, 97%, 47%
HSV56°, 99%, 92%
CMYK0%, 6%, 99%, 8%
XYZ59.87, 68.86, 10.22
Yxy68.86, 0.4309, 0.4956
CIE-Lab86.43, -12.91, 85.71
Hunter Lab82.98, -12.18, 48.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 86% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 99% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBDC03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBDC03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBDC03

.text { color: #EBDC03; }
.background { background-color: #EBDC03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBDC03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 220, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 97%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBDC03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 220, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBDC03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 220, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBDC03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBDC03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBDC03

#D8CA03#BFB203#ABA003#978D02#837A02#696302#555001#413D01#282601#141300

Tints of #EBDC03

#FBEB0E#FCEE27#FCF040#FCF259#FDF472#FDF586#FEF7A0#FEF9B9#FEFBD2#FFFDEB

Tones of #EBDC03

#DBCE14#CBC025#BAB136#AAA346#999556#898667

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0413EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.42:1 Fails
Against black text14.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBDC03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBDC03

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 #EBDC03: ·

How #EBDC03 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E438Deuteranopia · #E5E744Tritanopia · #EA616A

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 #EBDC03 rather than the exact color:

Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette Fffbe0
#FFFBE0 · #FCDA05 · #393E46 · #222831
Palette 26355d
#26355D · #AF47D2 · #FF8F00 · #FFDB00
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBDC02  ·  #EBDC04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBDC03?

#EBDC03 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 220, 3). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBDC03?

#EBDC03 is RGB 235, 220, 3 — HSL 56°, 97%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 99%, 8%.

What colors go with #EBDC03?

Its complement is #0413EC; analogous partners are #EC6804 and #87EC04. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBDC03 for text?

Black text on #EBDC03 has a contrast ratio of 14.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.42:1.