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#EDBC07 — Vivid Yellow

#EDBC07 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Orange (#FFA500). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orange (#FFA500) — not an exact match. CSS orange gives you #FFA500, a different color; use #EDBC07 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.

#EDBC07 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 #0739ED; it also sits naturally between #ED4907 and #ACED07. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDBC07 · RGB 237, 188, 7

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Color values

HEX#EDBC07
RGB237, 188, 7
HSL47°, 94%, 48%
HSV47°, 97%, 93%
CMYK0%, 21%, 97%, 7%
XYZ52.95, 53.99, 7.83
Yxy53.99, 0.4614, 0.4704
CIE-Lab78.45, 4.28, 79.68
Hunter Lab73.48, 4.03, 42.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 74% · Blue 3%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 21% · Yellow 97% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EDBC07 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EDBC07 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EDBC07

.text { color: #EDBC07; }
.background { background-color: #EDBC07; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDBC07; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 188, 7); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 94%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDBC07; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 188, 7, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDBC07; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 188, 7, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDBC07">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDBC07">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EDBC07

#DAAC07#C19806#AD8905#947505#816604#6D5603#544203#403302#281F01#141001

Tints of #EDBC07

#F8C716#F9CD2F#F9D243#FAD85C#FBDE74#FBE48D#FCEAA6#FDEEBA#FEF4D2#FEFAEB

Tones of #EDBC07

#DEB317#CCA928#BCA038#AB9649#9B8D59#8A836A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0739ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.78:1 Fails
Against black text11.80:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDBC07: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDBC07

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 #EDBC07: ·

How #EDBC07 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D733Deuteranopia · #DBDE3DTritanopia · #EB555D

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:

Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Material Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EDBC07 rather than the exact color:

Palette 25671e
#25671E · #48A111 · #F2B50B · #F7F0F0
Palette F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404
Sunset Boulevard
#6A040F · #DC2F02 · #F48C06 · #FFBA08
Palette 347433
#347433 · #FFC107 · #FF6F3C · #B22222
Palette 8e1d41
#8E1D41 · #DBBF0D · #FFCD19 · #FFEFB4
Palette 007dcc
#007DCC · #FFB900 · #D10056 · #B2054C

Similar colors

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

#F2B50B#F9B208#FFBA08#FFC107#DBBF0D#FFB900#FFBF00#F9B314#FFC100#FFC300#F2A900#FFC400

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDBC06  ·  #EDBC08 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDBC07?

#EDBC07 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 237, 188, 7). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDBC07?

#EDBC07 is RGB 237, 188, 7 — HSL 47°, 94%, 48% — CMYK 0%, 21%, 97%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDBC07?

Its complement is #0739ED; analogous partners are #ED4907 and #ACED07. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDBC07 for text?

Black text on #EDBC07 has a contrast ratio of 11.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.78:1.