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#EBEF03 — Vivid Yellow

#EBEF03 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Yellow (#FFFF00). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellow (#FFFF00) — not an exact match. CSS yellow gives you #FFFF00, a different color; use #EBEF03 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.

#EBEF03 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 #0602ED; it also sits naturally between #ED7C02 and #74ED02. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBEF03 · RGB 235, 239, 3

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Color values

HEX#EBEF03
RGB235, 239, 3
HSL61°, 98%, 47%
HSV61°, 99%, 94%
CMYK2%, 0%, 99%, 6%
XYZ65.14, 79.40, 11.98
Yxy79.40, 0.4162, 0.5073
CIE-Lab91.42, -22.16, 89.37
Hunter Lab89.11, -21.01, 51.46

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 94% · Blue 1%

Cyan 2% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBEF03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBEF03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBEF03

.text { color: #EBEF03; }
.background { background-color: #EBEF03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBEF03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 239, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 98%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBEF03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 239, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBEF03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 239, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBEF03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBEF03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBEF03

#D6D902#BDC002#A9AC02#959702#818301#686A01#545601#414201#282800#141400

Tints of #EBEF03

#F9FD0D#F9FD26#FAFD3F#FBFD58#FBFE72#FCFE86#FCFE9F#FDFEB8#FEFFD2#FEFFEB

Tones of #EBEF03

#D9DD13#C9CC24#B9BB35#A9AA46#989956#888967

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0602ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBEF03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBEF03

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 #EBEF03: ·

How #EBEF03 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDED3CDeuteranopia · #EDEC4ATritanopia · #EB6973

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 · #FFC107Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EBEF03 rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette Fff100
#FFF100 · #006BFF · #08C2FF · #BCF2F6

Similar colors

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

#EBF400#E1E100#F9E400#F7FD04#FCE700#FFF100#FFEB00#FFE700#FCF211#D4F000#EBDD12#FFE100

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBEF02  ·  #EBEF04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBEF03?

#EBEF03 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 239, 3). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBEF03?

#EBEF03 is RGB 235, 239, 3 — HSL 61°, 98%, 47% — CMYK 2%, 0%, 99%, 6%.

What colors go with #EBEF03?

Its complement is #0602ED; analogous partners are #ED7C02 and #74ED02. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBEF03 for text?

Black text on #EBEF03 has a contrast ratio of 16.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.