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#EBFF37 — Vivid Yellow

#EBFF37 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 #EBFF37 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.

#EBFF37 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 #4C38FF; it also sits naturally between #FFAF38 and #88FF38. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBFF37 · RGB 235, 255, 55

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Color values

HEX#EBFF37
RGB235, 255, 55
HSL66°, 100%, 61%
HSV66°, 78%, 100%
CMYK8%, 0%, 78%, 0%
XYZ70.71, 89.46, 17.15
Yxy89.46, 0.3988, 0.5045
CIE-Lab95.77, -28.72, 84.69
Hunter Lab94.58, -27.45, 52.24

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 100% · Blue 22%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 78% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBFF37 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBFF37 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBFF37

.text { color: #EBFF37; }
.background { background-color: #EBFF37; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBFF37; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 255, 55); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 100%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBFF37; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 255, 55, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBFF37; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 255, 55, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBFF37">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBFF37">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBFF37

#E8FF1A#E5FF00#CAE000#AEC200#97A800#7C8A00#606B00#454D00#2E3300#121400

Tints of #EBFF37

#EDFF4D#EFFF5C#F1FF70#F2FF80#F4FF94#F6FFA3#F8FFB8#F9FFC7#FBFFDB#FDFFEB

Tones of #EBFF37

#E0F146#D4E255#C9D463#BEC671#B3B87F#A7A98E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4C38FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.89:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBFF37: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBFF37

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 #EBFF37: ·

How #EBFF37 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F467Deuteranopia · #F3F173Tritanopia · #EC8E96

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 #EBFF37 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
Honey Voyage
#15322D · #FA2598 · #FC43DC · #F2F73C
Palette F0ff42
#F0FF42 · #82CD47 · #54B435 · #379237
Cosmic Saffron
#0D1721 · #FA2F47 · #FF33CD · #EAFD43

Similar colors

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

#ECFD33#E4FF30#E3F838#F2F73C#F0FF42#EAFD43#F7FE3D#FAFD3E#F5F828#EFFD4A#FEFA38#D7FE3D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBFF36  ·  #EBFF38 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBFF37?

#EBFF37 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 235, 255, 55). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBFF37?

#EBFF37 is RGB 235, 255, 55 — HSL 66°, 100%, 61% — CMYK 8%, 0%, 78%, 0%.

What colors go with #EBFF37?

Its complement is #4C38FF; analogous partners are #FFAF38 and #88FF38. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBFF37 for text?

Black text on #EBFF37 has a contrast ratio of 18.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.