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#EEFE39 — Vivid Yellow

#EEFE39 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 #EEFE39 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.

#EEFE39 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 #4A39FE; it also sits naturally between #FEAC39 and #8BFE39. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEFE39 · RGB 238, 254, 57

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Color values

HEX#EEFE39
RGB238, 254, 57
HSL65°, 99%, 61%
HSV65°, 78%, 100%
CMYK6%, 0%, 78%, 0%
XYZ71.44, 89.36, 17.35
Yxy89.36, 0.4010, 0.5016
CIE-Lab95.73, -26.98, 84.20
Hunter Lab94.53, -25.88, 52.07

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 100% · Blue 22%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 78% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEFE39 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEFE39 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEFE39

.text { color: #EEFE39; }
.background { background-color: #EEFE39; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEFE39; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 254, 57); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 99%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEFE39; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 254, 57, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEFE39; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 254, 57, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEFE39">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEFE39">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEFE39

#EBFE1B#E9FE01#CDDF01#B1C101#9AA701#7E8901#626B01#464C00#2F3300#131400

Tints of #EEFE39

#EFFE4D#F1FE5D#F3FE71#F4FE80#F6FE94#F7FFA4#F9FFB8#FAFFC7#FCFFDB#FDFFEB

Tones of #EEFE39

#E2F047#D6E255#CBD463#BEC572#B3B780#A7A98E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4A39FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEFE39: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEFE39

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 #EEFE39: ·

How #EEFE39 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F569Deuteranopia · #F4F374Tritanopia · #EF8E97

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 #EEFE39 rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Ruby Ember
#190D24 · #F8348E · #0DFE29 · #ECFD33
Honey Voyage
#15322D · #FA2598 · #FC43DC · #F2F73C
Palette F0ff42
#F0FF42 · #82CD47 · #54B435 · #379237
Dusty Ruby Meadow
#260F29 · #1A93FB · #F7FE3D · #1CD0FD
Cosmic Saffron
#0D1721 · #FA2F47 · #FF33CD · #EAFD43
Honey Ruby Zephyr
#2C1012 · #E3F838 · #52FE48 · #B04AFF

Similar colors

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

#ECFD33#F2F73C#F0FF42#F7FE3D#EAFD43#E3F838#FAFD3E#E4FF30#FEFA38#EFFD4A#FBF23B#FFF83F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEFE38  ·  #EEFE3A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEFE39?

#EEFE39 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 254, 57). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEFE39?

#EEFE39 is RGB 238, 254, 57 — HSL 65°, 99%, 61% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 78%, 0%.

What colors go with #EEFE39?

Its complement is #4A39FE; analogous partners are #FEAC39 and #8BFE39. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEFE39 for text?

Black text on #EEFE39 has a contrast ratio of 18.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.