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#DFEF04 — Vivid Yellow

#DFEF04 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 #DFEF04 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.

#DFEF04 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 #1404F1; it also sits naturally between #F18A04 and #6BF104. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DFEF04 · RGB 223, 239, 4

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Color values

HEX#DFEF04
RGB223, 239, 4
HSL64°, 97%, 48%
HSV64°, 98%, 94%
CMYK7%, 0%, 98%, 6%
XYZ61.32, 77.43, 11.83
Yxy77.43, 0.4072, 0.5142
CIE-Lab90.52, -27.09, 88.22
Hunter Lab87.99, -25.30, 50.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 94% · Blue 2%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 98% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DFEF04 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DFEF04 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DFEF04

.text { color: #DFEF04; }
.background { background-color: #DFEF04; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DFEF04; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(223, 239, 4); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 97%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DFEF04; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(223, 239, 4, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DFEF04; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(223, 239, 4, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DFEF04">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DFEF04">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DFEF04

#CFDD03#B7C403#A4B003#8D9702#7A8302#676F02#505501#3D4101#262801#131400

Tints of #DFEF04

#ECFB13#EEFC2C#F0FC40#F2FC59#F4FD72#F6FD8B#F8FEA5#F9FEB9#FBFED2#FDFFEB

Tones of #DFEF04

#D2E015#C4CF26#B5BE37#A7AE47#989D58#898C69

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1404F1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.49:1 AAA

Best text color on #DFEF04: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DFEF04

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 #DFEF04: ·

How #DFEF04 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E6E63DDeuteranopia · #E5E44BTritanopia · #E06A74

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 Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DFEF04 rather than the exact color:

Cyber Lime
#0B0C10 · #1F2833 · #C5C6C7 · #D4F000
Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Palette Cff800
#CFF800 · #FEFF92 · #0FEFBD · #7899DC
Crimson Drift
#EBDD12 · #B1EF75 · #10C51F · #63E8BA
Rustic Garden
#A56C12 · #CEE415 · #458C15 · #4AE358

Similar colors

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

#D4F000#EBF400#E1E100#CFF800#EBDD12#CEE415#F7FD04#F9E400#DBF720#FCE700#D4D713#D4F620

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DFEF03  ·  #DFEF05 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DFEF04?

#DFEF04 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 223, 239, 4). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DFEF04?

#DFEF04 is RGB 223, 239, 4 — HSL 64°, 97%, 48% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 98%, 6%.

What colors go with #DFEF04?

Its complement is #1404F1; analogous partners are #F18A04 and #6BF104. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DFEF04 for text?

Black text on #DFEF04 has a contrast ratio of 16.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.