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#EFCE47 — Vivid Yellow

#EFCE47 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color SandyBrown (#F4A460). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: sandybrown (#F4A460) — not an exact match. CSS sandybrown gives you #F4A460, a different color; use #EFCE47 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.

#EFCE47 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 #4869EF; it also sits naturally between #EF7A48 and #BDEF48. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFCE47 · RGB 239, 206, 71

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Color values

HEX#EFCE47
RGB239, 206, 71
HSL48°, 84%, 61%
HSV48°, 70%, 94%
CMYK0%, 14%, 70%, 6%
XYZ58.81, 62.95, 15.01
Yxy62.95, 0.4300, 0.4603
CIE-Lab83.42, -2.46, 68.08
Hunter Lab79.34, -2.34, 41.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 81% · Blue 28%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 14% · Yellow 70% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFCE47 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFCE47 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFCE47

.text { color: #EFCE47; }
.background { background-color: #EFCE47; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFCE47; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 206, 71); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 84%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFCE47; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 206, 71, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFCE47; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 206, 71, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFCE47">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFCE47">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFCE47

#EDC62C#EBC014#CEA912#B29210#9B7F0D#7F680B#635109#463A06#2F2604#130F02

Tints of #EFCE47

#F1D35B#F2D769#F4DC7C#F5DF8A#F6E49C#F8E8AB#F9EDBD#FBF1CB#FCF6DE#FDFAEC

Tones of #EFCE47

#E3C754#D7BF60#CBB86C#BFB178#B3AA84#A7A390

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4869EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.59:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFCE47: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFCE47

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 #EFCE47: ·

How #EFCE47 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E1E068Deuteranopia · #E3E570Tritanopia · #ED8187

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Amber 500 · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFCE47 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffef82
#FFEF82 · #EFD345 · #BABD42 · #82954B
Dusty Cinder
#8F600C · #EFD448 · #5089F0 · #A1B8F1
Gentle Garden
#1136C9 · #5E86F1 · #EFCC41 · #F2F0A6
Crystal Ruby Meadow
#9E2523 · #CE8B23 · #F6D146 · #F6E9B5
Wild Ruby Monsoon
#827B10 · #E9C74D · #1B26E1 · #BCBDF2
Palette E52020
#E52020 · #FBA518 · #F9CB43 · #A89C29

Similar colors

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

#EFD345#EFD448#EFCC41#F6D146#E9C74D#F9CB43#F3CA52#E5D549#F8D64B#E4D03E#FED049#F9D94B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFCE46  ·  #EFCE48 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFCE47?

#EFCE47 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 206, 71). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFCE47?

#EFCE47 is RGB 239, 206, 71 — HSL 48°, 84%, 61% — CMYK 0%, 14%, 70%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFCE47?

Its complement is #4869EF; analogous partners are #EF7A48 and #BDEF48. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFCE47 for text?

Black text on #EFCE47 has a contrast ratio of 13.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.