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#EFE145 — Vivid Yellow

#EFE145 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 #EFE145 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.

#EFE145 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 #4352EF; it also sits naturally between #EF8B43 and #A7EF43. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFE145 · RGB 239, 225, 69

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Color values

HEX#EFE145
RGB239, 225, 69
HSL55°, 84%, 60%
HSV55°, 71%, 94%
CMYK0%, 6%, 71%, 6%
XYZ63.60, 72.63, 16.30
Yxy72.63, 0.4170, 0.4762
CIE-Lab88.27, -12.12, 73.59
Hunter Lab85.22, -11.57, 45.36

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 88% · Blue 27%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 71% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFE145 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFE145 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFE145

.text { color: #EFE145; }
.background { background-color: #EFE145; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFE145; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 225, 69); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 84%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFE145; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 225, 69, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFE145; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 225, 69, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFE145">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFE145">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFE145

#ECDC27#E6D414#CABA12#B2A510#968B0D#7A710B#635B09#464106#2F2B04#131102

Tints of #EFE145

#F0E356#F2E664#F3E977#F4EB85#F6EE98#F8F1AB#F9F4B9#FBF7CB#FCF9D9#FDFCEC

Tones of #EFE145

#E2D650#D6CC5C#CAC268#BEB874#B1AD81#A5A38D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4352EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.35:1 Fails
Against black text15.53:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFE145: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFE145

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 #EFE145: ·

How #EFE145 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E9E96BDeuteranopia · #EAEB74Tritanopia · #EE898F

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 #EFE145 rather than the exact color:

Palette F4e04d
#F4E04D · #F2ED6F · #CEE397 · #8DB1AB
Scarlet Ruby Breeze
#071A1E · #8FFE4E · #F8DD45 · #FD3236
Lucky Ruby Ember
#BFA815 · #ECE24F · #2F49E8 · #9997ED
Palette 0078aa
#0078AA · #3AB4F2 · #F2DF3A · #F6F6F6
Dusty Cinder
#8F600C · #EFD448 · #5089F0 · #A1B8F1
Palette Ffef82
#FFEF82 · #EFD345 · #BABD42 · #82954B

Similar colors

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

#F4E04D#F8DD45#ECE24F#F2DF3A#EFD448#EFD345#F9D94B#ECE852#E8EA3B#F8D64B#E5D93C#E5D549

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFE144  ·  #EFE146 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFE145?

#EFE145 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 225, 69). Its closest standard named color is SandyBrown.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFE145?

#EFE145 is RGB 239, 225, 69 — HSL 55°, 84%, 60% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 71%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFE145?

Its complement is #4352EF; analogous partners are #EF8B43 and #A7EF43. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFE145 for text?

Black text on #EFE145 has a contrast ratio of 15.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.35:1.