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#EEEC02 — Vivid Yellow

#EEEC02 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 #EEEC02 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.

#EEEC02 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 #0206ED; it also sits naturally between #ED7402 and #7CED02. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEC02 · RGB 238, 236, 2

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Color values

HEX#EEEC02
RGB238, 236, 2
HSL59°, 98%, 47%
HSV59°, 99%, 93%
CMYK0%, 1%, 99%, 7%
XYZ65.27, 78.17, 11.71
Yxy78.17, 0.4207, 0.5039
CIE-Lab90.86, -19.48, 89.14
Hunter Lab88.42, -18.53, 51.12

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 99% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEEC02 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEEC02 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEEC02

.text { color: #EEEC02; }
.background { background-color: #EEEC02; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEC02; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 236, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 98%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEC02; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 236, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEC02; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 236, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEC02">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEC02">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEC02

#D9D602#C0BD02#ACA902#979502#838101#6A6801#565401#424101#282800#141400

Tints of #EEEC02

#FDF90D#FDF926#FDFA3F#FDFB58#FEFB72#FEFC86#FEFC9F#FEFDB8#FFFED2#FFFEEB

Tones of #EEEC02

#DDD913#CCC924#BBB935#AAA946#999856#898867

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0206ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #EEEC02: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEC02

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 #EEEC02: ·

How #EEEC02 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDED3BDeuteranopia · #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 #EEEC02 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

← #EEEC01  ·  #EEEC03 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEC02?

#EEEC02 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 236, 2). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEC02?

#EEEC02 is RGB 238, 236, 2 — HSL 59°, 98%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 99%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEC02?

Its complement is #0206ED; analogous partners are #ED7402 and #7CED02. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEC02 for text?

Black text on #EEEC02 has a contrast ratio of 16.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.