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#EFBC11 — Vivid Yellow

#EFBC11 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Orange (#FFA500). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orange (#FFA500) — not an exact match. CSS orange gives you #FFA500, a different color; use #EFBC11 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.

#EFBC11 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 #1144EE; it also sits naturally between #EE4C11 and #B3EE11. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFBC11 · RGB 239, 188, 17

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Color values

HEX#EFBC11
RGB239, 188, 17
HSL46°, 87%, 50%
HSV46°, 93%, 94%
CMYK0%, 21%, 93%, 6%
XYZ53.68, 54.36, 8.19
Yxy54.36, 0.4618, 0.4677
CIE-Lab78.67, 5.24, 78.79
Hunter Lab73.73, 4.96, 42.58

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 74% · Blue 7%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 21% · Yellow 93% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFBC11 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFBC11 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFBC11

.text { color: #EFBC11; }
.background { background-color: #EFBC11; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFBC11; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 188, 17); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 87%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFBC11; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 188, 17, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFBC11; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 188, 17, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFBC11">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFBC11">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFBC11

#D7A80F#C4990E#AC860C#99770B#816509#695207#564306#3E3104#2B2203#130F01

Tints of #EFBC11

#F0C128#F1C73B#F3CE53#F4D366#F6DA7E#F8E196#F9E6A9#FBEDC1#FCF3D4#FEFAEC

Tones of #EFBC11

#DFB320#CFAA30#BFA240#AF9950#9F9160#8F8870

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1144EE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.77:1 Fails
Against black text11.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFBC11: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFBC11

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 #EFBC11: ·

How #EFBC11 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D83ADeuteranopia · #DCE044Tritanopia · #EC5B62

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:

Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Material Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFBC11 rather than the exact color:

Palette 25671e
#25671E · #48A111 · #F2B50B · #F7F0F0
Amber Ruby Aurora
#0E1623 · #32FA6B · #F9B314 · #69F844
Palette F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404
Amber Bloom
#B6660D · #F8C11F · #E9CD5C · #F4EBAB
Palette F5ad18
#F5AD18 · #9E1C60 · #811844 · #561530
Misty Mosaic
#10399F · #3492EA · #E7AD18 · #F6EEC7

Similar colors

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

#F2B50B#F9B314#F9B208#F8C11F#F5AD18#E7AD18#FFBA08#FFC50F#F4CE14#E1C817#FFC107#FEB21A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFBC10  ·  #EFBC12 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFBC11?

#EFBC11 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 188, 17). Its closest standard named color is Orange.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFBC11?

#EFBC11 is RGB 239, 188, 17 — HSL 46°, 87%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 21%, 93%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFBC11?

Its complement is #1144EE; analogous partners are #EE4C11 and #B3EE11. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFBC11 for text?

Black text on #EFBC11 has a contrast ratio of 11.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.77:1.