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#EBFA48 — Vivid Yellow

#EBFA48 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GreenYellow (#ADFF2F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: greenyellow (#ADFF2F) — not an exact match. CSS greenyellow gives you #ADFF2F, a different color; use #EBFA48 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.

#EBFA48 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 #5647FA; it also sits naturally between #FAB047 and #92FA47. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBFA48 · RGB 235, 250, 72

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Color values

HEX#EBFA48
RGB235, 250, 72
HSL65°, 95%, 63%
HSV65°, 71%, 98%
CMYK6%, 0%, 71%, 2%
XYZ69.62, 86.50, 19.16
Yxy86.50, 0.3972, 0.4935
CIE-Lab94.53, -25.70, 78.49
Hunter Lab93.01, -24.57, 49.67

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 98% · Blue 28%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 71% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBFA48 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBFA48 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBFA48

.text { color: #EBFA48; }
.background { background-color: #EBFA48; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBFA48; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 250, 72); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 95%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBFA48; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 250, 72, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBFA48; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 250, 72, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBFA48">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBFA48">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBFA48

#E8FA29#E5F90B#CEE006#B2C205#9BA904#808B04#656D03#495002#2E3201#121401

Tints of #EBFA48

#EDFB56#EFFB6A#F1FC79#F2FC88#F4FC9C#F6FDAA#F8FDB9#F9FEC8#FBFEDC#FDFEEB

Tones of #EBFA48

#E0ED54#D6E160#CBD46E#C1C77A#B6BA87#ACAE93

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5647FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.15:1 Fails
Against black text18.30:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBFA48: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBFA48

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 #EBFA48: ·

How #EBFA48 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F1F273Deuteranopia · #F1F07DTritanopia · #EC959D

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 #EBFA48 rather than the exact color:

Gentle Horizon
#111D2B · #98FE31 · #36F83D · #EFFD4A
Cosmic Saffron
#0D1721 · #FA2F47 · #FF33CD · #EAFD43
Palette F0ff42
#F0FF42 · #82CD47 · #54B435 · #379237
Amber Garden
#8CAA0F · #E3F04A · #5835EE · #9E92EF
Honey Voyage
#15322D · #FA2598 · #FC43DC · #F2F73C
Palette F4f754
#F4F754 · #E9D484 · #CFADC1 · #4E61D3

Similar colors

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

#EFFD4A#EAFD43#F0FF42#E3F04A#F2F73C#F4F754#E3EF4F#E3ED4B#F7FE3D#E3F838#FAFD3E#E9EE57

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBFA47  ·  #EBFA49 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBFA48?

#EBFA48 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 250, 72). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBFA48?

#EBFA48 is RGB 235, 250, 72 — HSL 65°, 95%, 63% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 71%, 2%.

What colors go with #EBFA48?

Its complement is #5647FA; analogous partners are #FAB047 and #92FA47. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBFA48 for text?

Black text on #EBFA48 has a contrast ratio of 18.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.