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#EEFE45 — Vivid Yellow

#EEFE45 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 #EEFE45 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.

#EEFE45 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 #5343FE; it also sits naturally between #FEB043 and #91FE43. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEFE45 · RGB 238, 254, 69

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Color values

HEX#EEFE45
RGB238, 254, 69
HSL65°, 99%, 63%
HSV65°, 73%, 100%
CMYK6%, 0%, 73%, 0%
XYZ71.78, 89.49, 19.12
Yxy89.49, 0.3979, 0.4961
CIE-Lab95.78, -26.51, 80.73
Hunter Lab94.60, -25.46, 50.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 100% · Blue 27%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 73% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEFE45 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEFE45 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEFE45

.text { color: #EEFE45; }
.background { background-color: #EEFE45; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEFE45; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 254, 69); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(65, 99%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEFE45; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 254, 69, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEFE45; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 254, 69, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEFE45">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEFE45">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEFE45

#ECFE25#E9FE06#D1E401#B5C601#9EAD01#828E01#667001#4A5100#2F3300#131400

Tints of #EEFE45

#F0FE52#F2FE67#F3FE76#F4FE85#F6FE9A#F7FFA9#F9FFB8#FAFFC7#FCFFDB#FDFFEB

Tones of #EEFE45

#E3F150#D8E45E#CDD66B#C2C879#B7BB86#ACAE93

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5343FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEFE45: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEFE45

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 #EEFE45: ·

How #EEFE45 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F572Deuteranopia · #F4F37DTritanopia · #EF959D

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 #EEFE45 rather than the exact color:

Palette F0ff42
#F0FF42 · #82CD47 · #54B435 · #379237
Cosmic Saffron
#0D1721 · #FA2F47 · #FF33CD · #EAFD43
Gentle Horizon
#111D2B · #98FE31 · #36F83D · #EFFD4A
Dusty Ruby Meadow
#260F29 · #1A93FB · #F7FE3D · #1CD0FD
Honey Voyage
#15322D · #FA2598 · #FC43DC · #F2F73C
Mellow Terrace
#0B1636 · #4CFC86 · #E748F8 · #FAFD3E

Similar colors

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

#F0FF42#EAFD43#EFFD4A#F7FE3D#F2F73C#FAFD3E#F4F754#E3F838#ECFD33#E3F04A#FFF83F#FFFA4D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEFE44  ·  #EEFE46 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEFE45?

#EEFE45 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 254, 69). Its closest standard named color is GreenYellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEFE45?

#EEFE45 is RGB 238, 254, 69 — HSL 65°, 99%, 63% — CMYK 6%, 0%, 73%, 0%.

What colors go with #EEFE45?

Its complement is #5343FE; analogous partners are #FEB043 and #91FE43. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEFE45 for text?

Black text on #EEFE45 has a contrast ratio of 18.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.