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#EEBB01 — Vivid Yellow

#EEBB01 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 #EEBB01 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.

#EEBB01 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 #0135EF; it also sits naturally between #EF4401 and #ABEF01. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEBB01 · RGB 238, 187, 1

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Color values

HEX#EEBB01
RGB238, 187, 1
HSL47°, 99%, 47%
HSV47°, 100%, 93%
CMYK0%, 21%, 100%, 7%
XYZ53.04, 53.72, 7.60
Yxy53.72, 0.4638, 0.4698
CIE-Lab78.30, 5.18, 80.23
Hunter Lab73.29, 4.89, 42.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 73% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 21% · Yellow 100% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEBB01 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEBB01 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEBB01

.text { color: #EEBB01; }
.background { background-color: #EEBB01; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEBB01; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 187, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(47, 99%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEBB01; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 187, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEBB01; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 187, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEBB01">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEBB01">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEBB01

#DAAB01#C19701#AD8701#987701#846701#6B5401#564400#423400#292000#141000

Tints of #EEBB01

#FEC90B#FECF25#FED43E#FEDA58#FEE071#FEE485#FFEA9F#FFEFB8#FFF5D1#FFFBEB

Tones of #EEBB01

#DEB212#CDA823#BC9F34#AA9446#998B56#898167

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0135EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.79:1 Fails
Against black text11.74:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEBB01: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEBB01

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 #EEBB01: ·

How #EEBB01 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D72EDeuteranopia · #DBDF39Tritanopia · #EB5259

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 #EEBB01 rather than the exact color:

Palette 25671e
#25671E · #48A111 · #F2B50B · #F7F0F0
Palette F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404
Palette 007dcc
#007DCC · #FFB900 · #D10056 · #B2054C
Palette Ffbf00
#FFBF00 · #FFF78D · #467235 · #283F24
Palette 808836
#808836 · #FFBF00 · #FF9A00 · #D10363
Palette C40c0c
#C40C0C · #FF6500 · #FF8A08 · #FFC100

Similar colors

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

#F2B50B#F9B208#FFB900#FFBF00#FFC100#FFBA08#F2A900#FFC300#FFC107#FFC400#FFB200#FFB000

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEBB00  ·  #EEBB02 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEBB01?

#EEBB01 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 187, 1). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEBB01?

#EEBB01 is RGB 238, 187, 1 — HSL 47°, 99%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 21%, 100%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEBB01?

Its complement is #0135EF; analogous partners are #EF4401 and #ABEF01. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEBB01 for text?

Black text on #EEBB01 has a contrast ratio of 11.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.79:1.