What color is #EEFF11?

#EEFF11 is a vivid yellow known as High Voltage. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.

What is the RGB value of High Voltage?

The RGB value is 238, 255, 17: 238 red, 255 green and 17 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of High Voltage?

The complementary color is #2211FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #EEFF11?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 18.95:1 and white text 1.11:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

High Voltage color: hex code #EEFF11

#EEFF11 rgb(238, 255, 17)

Shades of yellow

High Voltage has the hex code #EEFF11. It is a vivid yellow.

In the RGB color model it is made of 93.3% red, 100% green and 6.7% blue (238, 255, 17).

Its hue angle is 64°, with 100% saturation and 53% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 93% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 18.95:1).

High Voltage (#EEFF11) color codes

HEX	`#EEFF11`
RGB	`rgb(238, 255, 17)`
RGB percent	`rgb(93.3%, 100%, 6.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(64, 100%, 53%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(64, 93%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(7%, 0%, 93%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(95.89, -28.34, 91.71)`
CIE LCH	`lch(95.89, 95.99, 107.17)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(71.123, 89.739, 14.105)`
Decimal	`15662865`
Short hex	`#EF1`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with High Voltage, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #EEFF11	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	18.95:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.11:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#EEFF11 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.11:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	18.95:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #EEFF11 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #eeff11; }
.text { color: #eeff11; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eeff11; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(238 255 17 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #eeff11, #77ff11); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Neon Yellow.

See #EEFF11 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #EEFF11?: #EEFF11 is a vivid yellow known as High Voltage. It belongs to the yellow family of colors.
What is the RGB value of High Voltage?: The RGB value is 238, 255, 17: 238 red, 255 green and 17 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of High Voltage?: The complementary color is #2211FF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #EEFF11?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 18.95:1 and white text 1.11:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.