Palettes / Colors / #EED511

#EED511 — Vivid Yellow

#EED511 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 #EED511 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.

#EED511 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 #112AEE; it also sits naturally between #EE6611 and #99EE11. 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 84% · Blue 7%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 93% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EED511

.text { color: #EED511; }
.background { background-color: #EED511; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EED511; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 213, 17); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(53, 87%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EED511; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 213, 17, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EED511; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 213, 17, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EED511">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EED511">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EED511

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Tones of #EED511

Color harmonies

Complementary — #112AEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EED511: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EED511

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 #EED511 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 #EED511 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #EED511?

#EED511 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 213, 17). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EED511?

#EED511 is RGB 238, 213, 17 — HSL 53°, 87%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 93%, 7%.

What colors go with #EED511?

Its complement is #112AEE; analogous partners are #EE6611 and #99EE11. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EED511 for text?

Black text on #EED511 has a contrast ratio of 14.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.