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#EEE600 — Vivid Yellow

#EEE600 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 #EEE600 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.

#EEE600 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 #0008F0; it also sits naturally between #F07000 and #80F000. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEE600 · RGB 238, 230, 0

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Color values

HEX#EEE600
RGB238, 230, 0
HSL58°, 100%, 47%
HSV58°, 100%, 93%
CMYK0%, 3%, 100%, 7%
XYZ63.56, 74.77, 11.08
Yxy74.77, 0.4254, 0.5004
CIE-Lab89.29, -16.59, 88.15
Hunter Lab86.47, -15.75, 50.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 90% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 100% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEE600 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEE600 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEE600

.text { color: #EEE600; }
.background { background-color: #EEE600; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEE600; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 230, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 100%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEE600; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 230, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEE600; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 230, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEE600">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEE600">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEE600

#DBD400#C2BB00#ADA800#999400#858000#6B6800#575400#424000#292700#141400

Tints of #EEE600

#FFF70A#FFF824#FFF93D#FFF957#FFFA70#FFFB85#FFFC9E#FFFDB8#FFFDD1#FFFEEB

Tones of #EEE600

#DFD811#CDC723#BCB834#ABA844#9B9855#898867

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0008F0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.32:1 Fails
Against black text15.95:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEE600: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEE600

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 #EEE600: ·

How #EEE600 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEA38Deuteranopia · #EBEC45Tritanopia · #EE646D

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 #EEE600 rather than the exact color:

Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette Ff9b00
#FF9B00 · #FFE100 · #FFC900 · #EBE389

Similar colors

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

#F9E400#E1E100#FCE700#EBF400#FFE700#FFE100#FFEB00#FCDA05#FFF100#FFDB00#EBDD12#FFD700

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEE5FF  ·  #EEE601 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEE600?

#EEE600 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 230, 0). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEE600?

#EEE600 is RGB 238, 230, 0 — HSL 58°, 100%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 100%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEE600?

Its complement is #0008F0; analogous partners are #F07000 and #80F000. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEE600 for text?

Black text on #EEE600 has a contrast ratio of 15.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.