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#EBFF31 — Vivid Yellow

#EBFF31 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 #EBFF31 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.

#EBFF31 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 #4733FF; it also sits naturally between #FFAD33 and #85FF33. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBFF31 · RGB 235, 255, 49

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Color values

HEX#EBFF31
RGB235, 255, 49
HSL66°, 100%, 60%
HSV66°, 81%, 100%
CMYK8%, 0%, 81%, 0%
XYZ70.58, 89.40, 16.44
Yxy89.40, 0.4000, 0.5068
CIE-Lab95.75, -28.91, 86.17
Hunter Lab94.55, -27.62, 52.68

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 100% · Blue 19%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 81% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBFF31 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBFF31 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBFF31

.text { color: #EBFF31; }
.background { background-color: #EBFF31; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBFF31; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 255, 49); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 100%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBFF31; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 255, 49, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBFF31; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 255, 49, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBFF31">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBFF31">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBFF31

#E8FF14#E1FA00#C5DB00#AEC200#93A300#778500#606B00#454D00#2E3300#121400

Tints of #EBFF31

#EDFF47#EEFF57#F0FF6B#F2FF7A#F4FF8F#F6FFA3#F7FFB3#F9FFC7#FBFFD6#FDFFEB

Tones of #EBFF31

#DFF141#D3E151#C8D35F#BCC56D#B1B77B#A4A78B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4733FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBFF31: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBFF31

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 #EBFF31: ·

How #EBFF31 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F463Deuteranopia · #F3F16FTritanopia · #EC8A93

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 #EBFF31 rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Ruby Ember
#190D24 · #F8348E · #0DFE29 · #ECFD33
Palette 362f4f
#362F4F · #5B23FF · #008BFF · #E4FF30
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF
Rustic Ruby Marble
#1F071E · #F5F828 · #4E6FFC · #FB3D21
Honey Voyage
#15322D · #FA2598 · #FC43DC · #F2F73C
Dusty Ruby Meadow
#260F29 · #1A93FB · #F7FE3D · #1CD0FD

Similar colors

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

#ECFD33#E4FF30#E3F838#F5F828#F2F73C#F7FE3D#F0FF42#EAFD43#FAFD3E#F7F128#FEFA38#F9FF21

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBFF30  ·  #EBFF32 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBFF31?

#EBFF31 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 255, 49). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBFF31?

#EBFF31 is RGB 235, 255, 49 — HSL 66°, 100%, 60% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 81%, 0%.

What colors go with #EBFF31?

Its complement is #4733FF; analogous partners are #FFAD33 and #85FF33. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBFF31 for text?

Black text on #EBFF31 has a contrast ratio of 18.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.