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#EEEF73 — Light Vivid Yellow

#EEEF73 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #EEEF73 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.

#EEEF73 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 #7272EE; it also sits naturally between #EEB072 and #B0EE72. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEF73 · RGB 238, 239, 115

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Color values

HEX#EEEF73
RGB238, 239, 115
HSL60°, 79%, 69%
HSV60°, 52%, 94%
CMYK0%, 0%, 52%, 6%
XYZ69.22, 81.15, 28.23
Yxy81.15, 0.3876, 0.4543
CIE-Lab92.20, -16.52, 59.01
Hunter Lab90.08, -15.92, 41.09

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 94% · Blue 45%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 52% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEEF73 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEEF73 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEEF73

.text { color: #EEEF73; }
.background { background-color: #EEEF73; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEF73; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 239, 115); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 79%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEF73; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 239, 115, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEF73; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 239, 115, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEEF73">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEEF73">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEEF73

#EBEB56#E7E736#E4E41B#C4C417#A9A914#898910#6E6E0D#4E4E09#323206#121202

Tints of #EEEF73

#F0F07F#F1F188#F3F396#F4F4A4#F6F6B1#F7F7BB#F9F9C8#FAFAD6#FBFBDF#FDFDED

Tones of #EEEF73

#E6E67A#DCDC84#D4D48C#CBCB95#C2C29E#B9B9A7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7272EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.22:1 Fails
Against black text17.23:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEF73: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEEF73

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 #EEEF73: ·

How #EEEF73 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEE91Deuteranopia · #EEEE98Tritanopia · #EEA9AE

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 Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEEF73 rather than the exact color:

Palette F4e04d
#F4E04D · #F2ED6F · #CEE397 · #8DB1AB
Vintage Orchard
#B3CB17 · #E8EF72 · #3E25E6 · #B2A0EE
Palette E6ee75
#E6EE75 · #DA4949 · #4F1C4C · #0D132A
Palette A5cf83
#A5CF83 · #F0E76F · #ECB65F · #E89951
Palette E89951
#E89951 · #ECB65F · #F0E76F · #A5CF83
Ruby Voyage
#006199 · #8ACFF8 · #F4EB6C · #FFD444

Similar colors

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

#F2ED6F#E8EF72#E6EE75#F0E76F#F4EB6C#EBE87A#E9F679#F3F169#F6E96B#F4F27E#F9F07A#FBEF76

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEF72  ·  #EEEF74 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEF73?

#EEEF73 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 239, 115). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEF73?

#EEEF73 is RGB 238, 239, 115 — HSL 60°, 79%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 52%, 6%.

What colors go with #EEEF73?

Its complement is #7272EE; analogous partners are #EEB072 and #B0EE72. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEF73 for text?

Black text on #EEEF73 has a contrast ratio of 17.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.22:1.