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#EDDE01 — Vivid Yellow

#EDDE01 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #EDDE01 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.

#EDDE01 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 #0111EF; it also sits naturally between #EF6801 and #88EF01. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDDE01 · RGB 237, 222, 1

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Color values

HEX#EDDE01
RGB237, 222, 1
HSL56°, 99%, 47%
HSV56°, 100%, 93%
CMYK0%, 6%, 100%, 7%
XYZ61.05, 70.25, 10.37
Yxy70.25, 0.4309, 0.4959
CIE-Lab87.12, -13.07, 86.46
Hunter Lab83.81, -12.37, 48.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 87% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 100% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EDDE01 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EDDE01 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EDDE01

.text { color: #EDDE01; }
.background { background-color: #EDDE01; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDDE01; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 222, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 99%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDDE01; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 222, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDDE01; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 222, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDDE01">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDDE01">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EDDE01

#DACC01#C1B401#ADA101#988E01#847B01#6B6301#565100#423E00#292600#141300

Tints of #EDDE01

#FEEE0B#FEEF25#FEF13E#FEF358#FEF571#FEF685#FFF89F#FFFAB8#FFFCD1#FFFEEB

Tones of #EDDE01

#DED012#CDC223#BCB334#AAA346#999556#898667

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0111EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.40:1 Fails
Against black text15.05:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDDE01: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDDE01

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 #EDDE01: ·

How #EDDE01 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E636Deuteranopia · #E7E843Tritanopia · #EC616A

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 · #FFC107Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EDDE01 rather than the exact color:

Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette Fffbe0
#FFFBE0 · #FCDA05 · #393E46 · #222831
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette Ff9b00
#FF9B00 · #FFE100 · #FFC900 · #EBE389

Similar colors

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

#E1E100#F9E400#FCDA05#EBDD12#FCE700#FFE100#FFDB00#FFD700#FFE700#FFD400#EBF400#FFEB00

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDDE00  ·  #EDDE02 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDDE01?

#EDDE01 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 237, 222, 1). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDDE01?

#EDDE01 is RGB 237, 222, 1 — HSL 56°, 99%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 100%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDDE01?

Its complement is #0111EF; analogous partners are #EF6801 and #88EF01. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDDE01 for text?

Black text on #EDDE01 has a contrast ratio of 15.05:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.40:1.