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#EFCF05 — Vivid Yellow

#EFCF05 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #EFCF05 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.

#EFCF05 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 #0524F0; it also sits naturally between #F05B05 and #9AF005. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFCF05 · RGB 239, 207, 5

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Color values

HEX#EFCF05
RGB239, 207, 5
HSL52°, 96%, 48%
HSV52°, 98%, 94%
CMYK0%, 13%, 98%, 6%
XYZ57.94, 62.99, 9.25
Yxy62.99, 0.4451, 0.4839
CIE-Lab83.44, -4.66, 83.53
Hunter Lab79.36, -4.41, 46.03

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 81% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 98% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFCF05 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFCF05 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFCF05

.text { color: #EFCF05; }
.background { background-color: #EFCF05; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFCF05; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 207, 5); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(52, 96%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFCF05; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 207, 5, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFCF05; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 207, 5, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFCF05">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFCF05">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFCF05

#DCBF04#C3A904#AF9804#968203#827103#6E6002#554A02#413801#282301#141100

Tints of #EFCF05

#FADC14#FBDF2D#FBE241#FCE65A#FCEA73#FDEE8C#FDF1A5#FEF4B9#FEF8D2#FFFCEB

Tones of #EFCF05

#DFC416#CFB826#BEAC37#AD9F48#9B9359#8C8769

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0524F0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.54:1 Fails
Against black text13.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFCF05: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFCF05

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 #EFCF05: ·

How #EFCF05 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E1E136Deuteranopia · #E3E542Tritanopia · #ED5C65

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 · #FFC107Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFCF05 rather than the exact color:

Palette F5f7f8
#F5F7F8 · #F4CE14 · #495E57 · #45474B
Palette F5f7f8
#F5F7F8 · #F4CE14 · #379777 · #45474B
Palette 00e0ba
#00E0BA · #91008D · #FF3483 · #FFCF00
Palette 640d5f
#640D5F · #B12C00 · #EB5B00 · #FFCC00
Palette 090040
#090040 · #471396 · #B13BFF · #FFCC00
Palette Ffcc00
#FFCC00 · #FF6666 · #CC0066 · #66CCCC

Similar colors

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

#F4CE14#FFCF00#FFCC00#FCDA05#FFD400#FFC900#FFD700#FFC700#FFC600#EBDD12#FFC400#FFC300

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFCF04  ·  #EFCF06 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFCF05?

#EFCF05 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 207, 5). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFCF05?

#EFCF05 is RGB 239, 207, 5 — HSL 52°, 96%, 48% — CMYK 0%, 13%, 98%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFCF05?

Its complement is #0524F0; analogous partners are #F05B05 and #9AF005. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFCF05 for text?

Black text on #EFCF05 has a contrast ratio of 13.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.54:1.