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#EFE202 — Vivid Yellow

#EFE202 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 #EFE202 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.

#EFE202 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 #020EED; it also sits naturally between #ED6C02 and #84ED02. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFE202 · RGB 239, 226, 2

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Color values

HEX#EFE202
RGB239, 226, 2
HSL57°, 98%, 47%
HSV57°, 99%, 94%
CMYK0%, 5%, 99%, 6%
XYZ62.80, 72.75, 10.79
Yxy72.75, 0.4292, 0.4971
CIE-Lab88.33, -14.19, 87.33
Hunter Lab85.29, -13.48, 49.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 89% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 99% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFE202 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFE202 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFE202

.text { color: #EFE202; }
.background { background-color: #EFE202; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFE202; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 226, 2); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 98%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFE202; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 226, 2, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFE202; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 226, 2, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFE202">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFE202">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFE202

#D9CE02#C0B602#ACA302#979002#837D01#6A6501#565201#423E01#282600#141300

Tints of #EFE202

#FDF10D#FDF226#FDF43F#FDF558#FEF772#FEF886#FEF99F#FEFBB8#FFFCD2#FFFEEB

Tones of #EFE202

#DDD213#CCC324#BBB435#AAA546#999656#898767

Color harmonies

Complementary — #020EED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.35:1 Fails
Against black text15.55:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFE202: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFE202

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 #EFE202: ·

How #EFE202 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E9E938Deuteranopia · #EAEB45Tritanopia · #EE636C

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 #EFE202 rather than the exact color:

Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Palette Fffbe0
#FFFBE0 · #FCDA05 · #393E46 · #222831
Palette Ff9b00
#FF9B00 · #FFE100 · #FFC900 · #EBE389
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700

Similar colors

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

#F9E400#FCE700#E1E100#FCDA05#FFE100#FFE700#EBDD12#FFDB00#FFEB00#EBF400#FFD700#FFD400

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFE201  ·  #EFE203 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFE202?

#EFE202 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 226, 2). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFE202?

#EFE202 is RGB 239, 226, 2 — HSL 57°, 98%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 99%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFE202?

Its complement is #020EED; analogous partners are #ED6C02 and #84ED02. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFE202 for text?

Black text on #EFE202 has a contrast ratio of 15.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.35:1.