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#EFE425 — Vivid Yellow

#EFE425 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 #EFE425 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.

#EFE425 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 #252FEF; it also sits naturally between #EF8025 and #94EF25. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFE425 · RGB 239, 228, 37

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Color values

HEX#EFE425
RGB239, 228, 37
HSL57°, 86%, 54%
HSV57°, 85%, 94%
CMYK0%, 5%, 85%, 6%
XYZ63.67, 73.97, 12.67
Yxy73.97, 0.4236, 0.4921
CIE-Lab88.91, -14.69, 83.23
Hunter Lab86.01, -13.99, 48.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 89% · Blue 15%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 85% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFE425 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFE425 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFE425

.text { color: #EFE425; }
.background { background-color: #EFE425; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFE425; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 228, 37); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(57, 86%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFE425; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 228, 37, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFE425; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 228, 37, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFE425">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFE425">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFE425

#E8DE11#D1C710#B9B00E#A19A0C#8A830A#726D09#5A5607#423F05#2B2903#131201

Tints of #EFE425

#F0E738#F1E94B#F3EC62#F5EE75#F6F188#F8F39B#F9F5AE#FBF8C6#FCFAD9#FEFDEC

Tones of #EFE425

#E1D833#D1CA42#C3BD50#B5B15E#A7A46C#98967C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #252FEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFE425: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFE425

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 #EFE425: ·

How #EFE425 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEA53Deuteranopia · #EBEC5ETritanopia · #EE7880

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 #EFE425 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Voyage
#0E11B0 · #402DEE · #EDEA27 · #EFE692
Palette 03aed2
#03AED2 · #F8DE22 · #F45B26 · #D12052
Palette 900c3f
#900C3F · #C70039 · #F94C10 · #F8DE22
Electric Ruby Drift
#0E0619 · #F7F128 · #23FD79 · #58FB26
Palette 114232
#114232 · #87A922 · #FCDC2A · #F7F6BB
Cosmic Ruby Breeze
#330D15 · #DBF720 · #241AFC · #FAE119

Similar colors

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

#EDEA27#F8DE22#F7F128#FCDC2A#FAE119#FFE52A#F8E033#FFE31A#DEDA22#EBDD12#E4D329#F5F828

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFE424  ·  #EFE426 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFE425?

#EFE425 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 228, 37). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFE425?

#EFE425 is RGB 239, 228, 37 — HSL 57°, 86%, 54% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 85%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFE425?

Its complement is #252FEF; analogous partners are #EF8025 and #94EF25. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFE425 for text?

Black text on #EFE425 has a contrast ratio of 15.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.