Palettes / Colors / #EEEE43

#EEEE43 — Vivid Yellow

#EEEE43 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GreenYellow (#ADFF2F). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: greenyellow (#ADFF2F) — not an exact match. CSS greenyellow gives you #ADFF2F, a different color; use #EEEE43 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.

#EEEE43 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 #4444EE; it also sits naturally between #EE9944 and #99EE44. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 26%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 72% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EEEE43

.text { color: #EEEE43; }
.background { background-color: #EEEE43; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEE43; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 238, 67); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 83%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEE43; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 238, 67, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEE43; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 238, 67, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEE43">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEE43">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEE43

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #4444EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EEEE43: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEE43

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:

How #EEEE43 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEEE43 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEE42  ·  #EEEE44 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEE43?

#EEEE43 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 238, 67). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEE43?

#EEEE43 is RGB 238, 238, 67 — HSL 60°, 83%, 60% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 72%, 7%.

What colors go with #EEEE43?

Its complement is #4444EE; analogous partners are #EE9944 and #99EE44. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEE43 for text?

Black text on #EEEE43 has a contrast ratio of 16.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.24:1.