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#EEEB47 — Vivid Yellow

#EEEB47 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #EEEB47 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.

#EEEB47 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 #494CEE; it also sits naturally between #EE9949 and #9EEE49. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEB47 · RGB 238, 235, 71

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Color values

HEX#EEEB47
RGB238, 235, 71
HSL59°, 83%, 61%
HSV59°, 70%, 93%
CMYK0%, 1%, 70%, 7%
XYZ66.11, 78.05, 17.54
Yxy78.05, 0.4088, 0.4827
CIE-Lab90.80, -17.35, 75.31
Hunter Lab88.35, -16.58, 47.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 92% · Blue 28%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 70% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEEB47 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEEB47 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEEB47

.text { color: #EEEB47; }
.background { background-color: #EEEB47; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEB47; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 235, 71); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 83%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEB47; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 235, 71, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEB47; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 235, 71, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEB47">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEB47">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEB47

#EBE82D#E9E616#CDCA13#B1AF10#9A980E#7E7C0C#626109#464507#2F2E04#131202

Tints of #EEEB47

#F0ED5C#F1EF6A#F3F17C#F4F28A#F6F49D#F7F6AB#F9F8BE#FAF9CC#FCFBDE#FDFDEC

Tones of #EEEB47

#E2E055#D6D461#CAC96D#BFBE78#B3B384#A7A790

Color harmonies

Complementary — #494CEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.61:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEB47: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEB47

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 #EEEB47: ·

How #EEEB47 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDED6FDeuteranopia · #EDED78Tritanopia · #EE8E95

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 #EEEB47 rather than the exact color:

Palette 5cb338
#5CB338 · #ECE852 · #FFC145 · #FB4141
Amber Ruby Ember
#69900E · #E3ED4B · #4E15D4 · #B7A5F0
Lucky Ruby Ember
#BFA815 · #ECE24F · #2F49E8 · #9997ED
Amber Garden
#8CAA0F · #E3F04A · #5835EE · #9E92EF
Modern Monsoon
#1311A2 · #716BEF · #E8EA3B · #F5F0C4
Palette F4e04d
#F4E04D · #F2ED6F · #CEE397 · #8DB1AB

Similar colors

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

#ECE852#E3ED4B#ECE24F#E3F04A#E8EA3B#F4E04D#E3EF4F#FBEF50#F2F73C#E9EE57#FEEC41#F8DD45

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEB46  ·  #EEEB48 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEB47?

#EEEB47 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 235, 71). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEB47?

#EEEB47 is RGB 238, 235, 71 — HSL 59°, 83%, 61% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 70%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEB47?

Its complement is #494CEE; analogous partners are #EE9949 and #9EEE49. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEB47 for text?

Black text on #EEEB47 has a contrast ratio of 16.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.