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#EEFF03 — Vivid Yellow

#EEFF03 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 #EEFF03 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.

#EEFF03 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 #1605FF; it also sits naturally between #FF9305 and #71FF05. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEFF03 · RGB 238, 255, 3

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Color values

HEX#EEFF03
RGB238, 255, 3
HSL64°, 100%, 51%
HSV64°, 99%, 100%
CMYK7%, 0%, 99%, 0%
XYZ71.04, 89.70, 13.66
Yxy89.70, 0.4073, 0.5144
CIE-Lab95.87, -28.46, 92.77
Hunter Lab94.71, -27.23, 54.62

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 100% · Blue 1%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 99% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEFF03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEFF03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEFF03

.text { color: #EEFF03; }
.background { background-color: #EEFF03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEFF03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 255, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 100%, 51%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEFF03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 255, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEFF03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 255, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEFF03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEFF03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEFF03

#DBEB00#C8D600#B0BD00#98A300#858F00#6D7500#565C00#3E4200#2B2E00#131400

Tints of #EEFF03

#F0FF1F#F1FF33#F3FF4D#F4FF61#F6FF7A#F8FF8F#F9FFA8#FBFFBD#FCFFD6#FEFFEB

Tones of #EEFF03

#DFEE17#CFDB29#C0C93B#B1B84C#A1A65E#919471

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1605FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.94:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEFF03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEFF03

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 #EEFF03: ·

How #EEFF03 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F640Deuteranopia · #F4F34FTritanopia · #EF707B

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 Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEFF03 rather than the exact color:

Palette F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404
Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette Fff100
#FFF100 · #006BFF · #08C2FF · #BCF2F6
Frozen Ruby Solace
#0D3820 · #FCF211 · #2B28F8 · #FB3D25
Palette 4379f2
#4379F2 · #FFEB00 · #6EC207 · #117554
Palette 000957
#000957 · #344CB7 · #577BC1 · #FFEB00

Similar colors

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

#F7FD04#EBF400#FFF100#FCF211#FFEB00#FCE700#F9E400#FFE700#D4F000#CFF800#F9FF21#E1E100

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEFF02  ·  #EEFF04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEFF03?

#EEFF03 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 238, 255, 3). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEFF03?

#EEFF03 is RGB 238, 255, 3 — HSL 64°, 100%, 51% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 99%, 0%.

What colors go with #EEFF03?

Its complement is #1605FF; analogous partners are #FF9305 and #71FF05. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEFF03 for text?

Black text on #EEFF03 has a contrast ratio of 18.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.