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#FEED00 — Vivid Yellow

#FEED00 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 #FEED00 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.

#FEED00 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 #0011FF; it also sits naturally between #FF6F00 and #91FF00. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEED00 · RGB 254, 237, 0

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Color values

HEX#FEED00
RGB254, 237, 0
HSL56°, 100%, 50%
HSV56°, 100%, 100%
CMYK0%, 7%, 100%, 0%
XYZ71.16, 81.64, 12.01
Yxy81.64, 0.4318, 0.4954
CIE-Lab92.42, -13.30, 91.01
Hunter Lab90.35, -12.92, 52.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 93% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 100% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEED00 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEED00 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEED00

.text { color: #FEED00; }
.background { background-color: #FEED00; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEED00; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 237, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 100%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEED00; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 237, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEED00; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 237, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEED00">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEED00">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEED00

#E6D600#D1C300#B8AB00#A39800#8A8100#706900#5C5600#423E00#2E2B00#141300

Tints of #FEED00

#FFF01A#FFF12E#FFF347#FFF45C#FFF675#FFF88F#FFF9A3#FFFBBD#FFFCD1#FFFEEB

Tones of #FEED00

#EDDF12#DACE25#C8BE37#B6AF49#A4A05B#918F6E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0011FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.33:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEED00: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEED00

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 #FEED00: ·

How #FEED00 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F639Deuteranopia · #F8F947Tritanopia · #FD6771

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 Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FEED00 rather than the exact color:

Palette 4379f2
#4379F2 · #FFEB00 · #6EC207 · #117554
Palette 000957
#000957 · #344CB7 · #577BC1 · #FFEB00
Palette Fff100
#FFF100 · #006BFF · #08C2FF · #BCF2F6
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F

Similar colors

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

#FFEB00#FFF100#FFE700#FCE700#F9E400#FFE100#FCF211#F7FD04#FFDB00#FCDA05#EBF400#FFD700

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEECFF  ·  #FEED01 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEED00?

#FEED00 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 237, 0). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEED00?

#FEED00 is RGB 254, 237, 0 — HSL 56°, 100%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 100%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEED00?

Its complement is #0011FF; analogous partners are #FF6F00 and #91FF00. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEED00 for text?

Black text on #FEED00 has a contrast ratio of 17.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.