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#EEFB60 — Light Vivid Yellow

#EEFB60 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 #EEFB60 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.

#EEFB60 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 #6D60FB; it also sits naturally between #FBBA60 and #A0FB60. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEFB60 · RGB 238, 251, 96

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Color values

HEX#EEFB60
RGB238, 251, 96
HSL65°, 95%, 68%
HSV65°, 62%, 98%
CMYK5%, 0%, 62%, 2%
XYZ71.87, 88.02, 24.27
Yxy88.02, 0.3903, 0.4780
CIE-Lab95.17, -23.66, 70.41
Hunter Lab93.82, -22.79, 46.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 98% · Blue 38%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 62% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEFB60 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEFB60 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEFB60

.text { color: #EEFB60; }
.background { background-color: #EEFB60; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEFB60; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 251, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 95%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEFB60; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 251, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEFB60; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 251, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEFB60">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEFB60">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEFB60

#EBFA42#E7F91F#E0F406#C0D105#A4B305#899504#697203#4E5502#2E3201#121401

Tints of #EEFB60

#F0FB6F#F1FC7E#F2FC88#F4FC97#F5FDA5#F7FDB4#F9FDC3#FAFECD#FBFEDC#FDFEEB

Tones of #EEFB60

#E4EF6B#DCE576#D2D981#C9CF8C#C0C397#B7B9A2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6D60FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.13:1 Fails
Against black text18.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEFB60: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEFB60

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 #EEFB60: ·

How #EEFB60 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F486Deuteranopia · #F3F28FTritanopia · #EFA3AA

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 #EEFB60 rather than the exact color:

Palette 1c0770
#1C0770 · #261CC1 · #3A9AFF · #F1FF5E
Palette Faf562
#FAF562 · #F36A7B · #B824A4 · #AAAAAA
Palette F4f754
#F4F754 · #E9D484 · #CFADC1 · #4E61D3
Palette F3f169
#F3F169 · #46C3DB · #2D6CDF · #482FF7
Golden Ruby Monsoon
#EBED58 · #8EE659 · #47E96D · #23E7C8
Silent Garden
#E9EE57 · #BEED66 · #9FEC78 · #85F083

Similar colors

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

#F1FF5E#FAF562#F4F754#F3F169#EBED58#E9EE57#FAEF5D#F6FA70#FBF46D#FFF76A#FFEF5F#F4EB6C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEFB5F  ·  #EEFB61 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEFB60?

#EEFB60 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 251, 96). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEFB60?

#EEFB60 is RGB 238, 251, 96 — HSL 65°, 95%, 68% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 62%, 2%.

What colors go with #EEFB60?

Its complement is #6D60FB; analogous partners are #FBBA60 and #A0FB60. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEFB60 for text?

Black text on #EEFB60 has a contrast ratio of 18.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.13:1.