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#EEEE2C — Vivid Yellow

#EEEE2C 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 #EEEE2C 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.

#EEEE2C 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 #2B2BEE; it also sits naturally between #EE8C2B and #8CEE2B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEE2C · RGB 238, 238, 44

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Color values

HEX#EEEE2C
RGB238, 238, 44
HSL60°, 85%, 55%
HSV60°, 82%, 93%
CMYK0%, 0%, 82%, 7%
XYZ66.29, 79.51, 14.24
Yxy79.51, 0.4142, 0.4968
CIE-Lab91.46, -19.80, 83.77
Hunter Lab89.17, -18.87, 49.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 17%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 82% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEEE2C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEEE2C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEEE2C

.text { color: #EEEE2C; }
.background { background-color: #EEEE2C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEE2C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 238, 44); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 85%, 55%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEE2C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 238, 44, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEE2C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 238, 44, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEE2C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEE2C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEE2C

#ECEC13#D4D411#BDBD0F#A5A50D#8E8E0B#717109#5A5A07#424205#2A2A03#131302

Tints of #EEEE2C

#EFEF3E#F1F150#F2F263#F4F476#F6F68E#F7F7A1#F9F9B4#FAFAC6#FCFCD9#FDFDEC

Tones of #EEEE2C

#E0E038#D2D246#C4C454#B6B663#A8A871#9A9A7E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2B2BEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.24:1 Fails
Against black text16.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEE2C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEE2C

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 #EEEE2C: ·

How #EEEE2C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEE5BDeuteranopia · #EEEE66Tritanopia · #EE8088

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 #EEEE2C rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Voyage
#0E11B0 · #402DEE · #EDEA27 · #EFE692
Electric Ruby Drift
#0E0619 · #F7F128 · #23FD79 · #58FB26
Rustic Ruby Marble
#1F071E · #F5F828 · #4E6FFC · #FB3D21
Modern Monsoon
#1311A2 · #716BEF · #E8EA3B · #F5F0C4
Cosmic Ruby Ember
#190D24 · #F8348E · #0DFE29 · #ECFD33
Royal Whisper
#0A1C12 · #F82177 · #F8E033 · #2D6FFA

Similar colors

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

#EDEA27#F7F128#F5F828#E8EA3B#ECFD33#F8E033#F2F73C#E3F838#FFE52A#FEEC37#E4FF30#FBF23B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEE2B  ·  #EEEE2D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEE2C?

#EEEE2C is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 238, 44). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEE2C?

#EEEE2C is RGB 238, 238, 44 — HSL 60°, 85%, 55% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 82%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEE2C?

Its complement is #2B2BEE; analogous partners are #EE8C2B and #8CEE2B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEE2C for text?

Black text on #EEEE2C has a contrast ratio of 16.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.