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#FEED05 — Vivid Yellow

#FEED05 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 #FEED05 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.

#FEED05 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 #0617FE; it also sits naturally between #FE7206 and #93FE06. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEED05 · RGB 254, 237, 5

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Color values

HEX#FEED05
RGB254, 237, 5
HSL56°, 99%, 51%
HSV56°, 98%, 100%
CMYK0%, 7%, 98%, 0%
XYZ71.18, 81.65, 12.15
Yxy81.65, 0.4315, 0.4949
CIE-Lab92.42, -13.26, 90.64
Hunter Lab90.36, -12.89, 52.30

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 93% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 98% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEED05 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEED05 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEED05

.text { color: #FEED05; }
.background { background-color: #FEED05; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEED05; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 237, 5); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 99%, 51%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEED05; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 237, 5, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEED05; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 237, 5, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEED05">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEED05">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEED05

#E9DA01#D5C701#BCAF01#A29801#8E8501#756D01#5B5500#423E00#2E2B00#141300

Tints of #FEED05

#FEEF20#FEF134#FEF24D#FEF462#FEF67B#FEF78F#FFF9A9#FFFABD#FFFCD6#FFFEEB

Tones of #FEED05

#ECDE18#DBCF29#C9C03B#B7B04E#A5A05F#949171

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0617FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #FEED05: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEED05

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 #FEED05: ·

How #FEED05 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F63DDeuteranopia · #F8F94BTritanopia · #FD6973

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 #FEED05 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

← #FEED04  ·  #FEED06 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEED05?

#FEED05 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 254, 237, 5). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEED05?

#FEED05 is RGB 254, 237, 5 — HSL 56°, 99%, 51% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 98%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEED05?

Its complement is #0617FE; analogous partners are #FE7206 and #93FE06. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEED05 for text?

Black text on #FEED05 has a contrast ratio of 17.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.