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#EEEC01 — Vivid Yellow

#EEEC01 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Yellow (#FFFF00). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellow (#FFFF00) — not an exact match. CSS yellow gives you #FFFF00, a different color; use #EEEC01 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.

#EEEC01 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 #0105EF; it also sits naturally between #EF7401 and #7CEF01. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEC01 · RGB 238, 236, 1

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Color values

HEX#EEEC01
RGB238, 236, 1
HSL59°, 99%, 47%
HSV59°, 100%, 93%
CMYK0%, 1%, 100%, 7%
XYZ65.26, 78.17, 11.68
Yxy78.17, 0.4207, 0.5040
CIE-Lab90.86, -19.49, 89.21
Hunter Lab88.41, -18.54, 51.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 100% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEEC01 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEEC01 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEEC01

.text { color: #EEEC01; }
.background { background-color: #EEEC01; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEC01; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 236, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 99%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEC01; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 236, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEC01; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 236, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEC01">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEC01">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEC01

#DAD701#C1BE01#ADAA01#989601#848201#6B6901#565500#424100#292800#141400

Tints of #EEEC01

#FEFA0B#FEFA25#FEFB3E#FEFB58#FEFC71#FEFC85#FFFD9F#FFFDB8#FFFED1#FFFFEB

Tones of #EEEC01

#DEDA12#CDCA23#BCBA34#AAA946#999856#898867

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0105EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEC01: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEC01

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 #EEEC01: ·

How #EEEC01 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDED3ADeuteranopia · #EDED48Tritanopia · #EE6771

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 #EEEC01 rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Palette 4379f2
#4379F2 · #FFEB00 · #6EC207 · #117554
Palette 000957
#000957 · #344CB7 · #577BC1 · #FFEB00

Similar colors

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

#EBF400#F9E400#FCE700#E1E100#FFEB00#FFE700#FFF100#F7FD04#FFE100#FCF211#EBDD12#FCDA05

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEC00  ·  #EEEC02 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEC01?

#EEEC01 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 236, 1). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEC01?

#EEEC01 is RGB 238, 236, 1 — HSL 59°, 99%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 100%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEC01?

Its complement is #0105EF; analogous partners are #EF7401 and #7CEF01. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEC01 for text?

Black text on #EEEC01 has a contrast ratio of 16.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.