Palettes / Colors / #EEC520

#EEC520 — Vivid Yellow

#EEC520 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #EEC520 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.

#EEC520 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 #2049EE; it also sits naturally between #EE5E20 and #B0EE20. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 77% · Blue 13%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 87% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEC520

.text { color: #EEC520; }
.background { background-color: #EEC520; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEC520; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 197, 32); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 86%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEC520; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 197, 32, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEC520; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 197, 32, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEC520">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEC520">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEC520

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Tones of #EEC520

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2049EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEC520: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEC520

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:

How #EEC520 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEC520 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEC51F  ·  #EEC521 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEC520?

#EEC520 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 197, 32). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEC520?

#EEC520 is RGB 238, 197, 32 — HSL 48°, 86%, 53% — CMYK 0%, 17%, 87%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEC520?

Its complement is #2049EE; analogous partners are #EE5E20 and #B0EE20. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEC520 for text?

Black text on #EEC520 has a contrast ratio of 12.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.