Palettes / Colors / #FFE70F

#FFE70F — Vivid Yellow

#FFE70F is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #FFE70F 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.

#FFE70F 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 #0F27FF; it also sits naturally between #FF6F0F and #9FFF0F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 91% · Blue 6%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 94% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FFE70F

.text { color: #FFE70F; }
.background { background-color: #FFE70F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFE70F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 231, 15); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(54, 100%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFE70F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 231, 15, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFE70F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 231, 15, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFE70F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFE70F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFE70F

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #0F27FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FFE70F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFE70F

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:

How #FFE70F looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FFE70F rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFE70E  ·  #FFE710 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFE70F?

#FFE70F is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 255, 231, 15). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFE70F?

#FFE70F is RGB 255, 231, 15 — HSL 54°, 100%, 53% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 94%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFE70F?

Its complement is #0F27FF; analogous partners are #FF6F0F and #9FFF0F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFE70F for text?

Black text on #FFE70F has a contrast ratio of 16.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.