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#EEEB20 — Vivid Yellow

#EEEB20 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 #EEEB20 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.

#EEEB20 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 #2024EE; it also sits naturally between #EE8420 and #8BEE20. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEB20 · RGB 238, 235, 32

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Color values

HEX#EEEB20
RGB238, 235, 32
HSL59°, 86%, 53%
HSV59°, 87%, 93%
CMYK0%, 1%, 87%, 7%
XYZ65.23, 77.70, 12.93
Yxy77.70, 0.4185, 0.4985
CIE-Lab90.64, -18.63, 85.57
Hunter Lab88.15, -17.73, 50.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 92% · Blue 13%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 87% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEEB20 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEEB20 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEEB20

.text { color: #EEEB20; }
.background { background-color: #EEEB20; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEB20; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 235, 32); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 86%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEB20; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 235, 32, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEB20; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 235, 32, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEB20">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEB20">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEB20

#E4E011#CCC90F#B4B10E#9D9A0C#8A870A#727009#5A5907#424105#2B2A03#131301

Tints of #EEEB20

#F0ED33#F1EF4B#F3F05E#F4F271#F6F488#F8F69B#F9F8AE#FAF9C1#FCFCD9#FEFDEC

Tones of #EEEB20

#E0DD2E#D0CE3E#C2C04C#B3B25B#A5A469#969579

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2024EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.54:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEB20: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEB20

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 #EEEB20: ·

How #EEEB20 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDED51Deuteranopia · #EDED5DTritanopia · #EE7880

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEEB20 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Voyage
#0E11B0 · #402DEE · #EDEA27 · #EFE692
Electric Ruby Drift
#0E0619 · #F7F128 · #23FD79 · #58FB26
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #F8DE22 · #F45B26 · #D12052
Palette 900c3f
#900C3F · #C70039 · #F94C10 · #F8DE22
Rustic Ruby Marble
#1F071E · #F5F828 · #4E6FFC · #FB3D21
Cosmic Ruby Breeze
#330D15 · #DBF720 · #241AFC · #FAE119

Similar colors

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

#EDEA27#F7F128#F8DE22#F5F828#FAE119#FFE31A#EBDD12#FFE52A#FCF211#DBF720#FCDC2A#F9FF21

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEB1F  ·  #EEEB21 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEB20?

#EEEB20 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 235, 32). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEB20?

#EEEB20 is RGB 238, 235, 32 — HSL 59°, 86%, 53% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 87%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEB20?

Its complement is #2024EE; analogous partners are #EE8420 and #8BEE20. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEB20 for text?

Black text on #EEEB20 has a contrast ratio of 16.54:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.