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#EFC025 — Vivid Yellow

#EFC025 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #EFC025 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.

#EFC025 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 #2554EF; it also sits naturally between #EF5B25 and #B9EF25. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFC025 · RGB 239, 192, 37

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Color values

HEX#EFC025
RGB239, 192, 37
HSL46°, 86%, 54%
HSV46°, 85%, 94%
CMYK0%, 20%, 85%, 6%
XYZ54.78, 56.18, 9.71
Yxy56.18, 0.4540, 0.4656
CIE-Lab79.72, 3.52, 75.68
Hunter Lab74.96, 3.34, 42.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 75% · Blue 15%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 85% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFC025 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFC025 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFC025

.text { color: #EFC025; }
.background { background-color: #EFC025; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFC025; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 192, 37); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 86%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFC025; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 192, 37, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFC025; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 192, 37, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFC025">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFC025">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFC025

#E8B611#D1A410#B9910E#A17E0C#8A6C0A#725909#5A4707#423405#2B2103#130F01

Tints of #EFC025

#F0C538#F1CB4B#F3D162#F5D775#F6DC88#F8E29B#F9E8AE#FBEEC6#FCF4D9#FEF9EC

Tones of #EFC025

#E1B833#D1B042#C3A850#B5A15E#A7996C#98917C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2554EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.72:1 Fails
Against black text12.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFC025: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFC025

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 #EFC025: ·

How #EFC025 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DBDA4BDeuteranopia · #DDE154Tritanopia · #ED686F

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 #EFC025 rather than the exact color:

Palette F4f6ff
#F4F6FF · #F3C623 · #EB8317 · #10375C
Palette 219c90
#219C90 · #E9B824 · #EE9322 · #D83F31
Golden Ruby Tempest
#260C2F · #F86C25 · #76FE41 · #F9C224
Amber Bloom
#B6660D · #F8C11F · #E9CD5C · #F4EBAB
Serene Ruby
#E11A45 · #E3AFC9 · #EFECD7 · #EDC92C
Palette F5f5dc
#F5F5DC · #FBC02D · #FF8F00 · #C62828

Similar colors

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

#F3C623#E9B824#F9C224#F8C11F#EDC92C#FBC02D#FBC42D#F5B52E#F9CA1E#E6B325#FAB522#FCC61D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFC024  ·  #EFC026 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFC025?

#EFC025 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 192, 37). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFC025?

#EFC025 is RGB 239, 192, 37 — HSL 46°, 86%, 54% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 85%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFC025?

Its complement is #2554EF; analogous partners are #EF5B25 and #B9EF25. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFC025 for text?

Black text on #EFC025 has a contrast ratio of 12.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.72:1.