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#EDDE02 — Vivid Yellow

#EDDE02 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 #EDDE02 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.

#EDDE02 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 #0212ED; it also sits naturally between #ED6802 and #88ED02. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDDE02 · RGB 237, 222, 2

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Color values

HEX#EDDE02
RGB237, 222, 2
HSL56°, 98%, 47%
HSV56°, 99%, 93%
CMYK0%, 6%, 99%, 7%
XYZ61.06, 70.25, 10.40
Yxy70.25, 0.4309, 0.4957
CIE-Lab87.12, -13.06, 86.37
Hunter Lab83.82, -12.36, 48.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 87% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 99% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EDDE02 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EDDE02 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EDDE02

.text { color: #EDDE02; }
.background { background-color: #EDDE02; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDDE02; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 222, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 98%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDDE02; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 222, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDDE02; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 222, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDDE02">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDDE02">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EDDE02

#D9CB02#C0B302#ACA002#978D02#837B01#6A6301#565001#423D01#282600#141300

Tints of #EDDE02

#FDED0D#FDEE26#FDF03F#FDF258#FEF472#FEF686#FEF89F#FEFAB8#FFFCD2#FFFDEB

Tones of #EDDE02

#DDCF13#CCC124#BBB235#AAA346#999556#898667

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0212ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #EDDE02: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDDE02

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 #EDDE02: ·

How #EDDE02 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E637Deuteranopia · #E7E844Tritanopia · #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 #EDDE02 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

← #EDDE01  ·  #EDDE03 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDDE02?

#EDDE02 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 237, 222, 2). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDDE02?

#EDDE02 is RGB 237, 222, 2 — HSL 56°, 98%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 99%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDDE02?

Its complement is #0212ED; analogous partners are #ED6802 and #88ED02. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDDE02 for text?

Black text on #EDDE02 has a contrast ratio of 15.05:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.40:1.