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#EFE47B — Light Vivid Yellow

#EFE47B is a yellow color we call Light Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #EFE47B 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.

#EFE47B 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 #7B87EF; it also sits naturally between #EFAA7B and #C1EF7B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFE47B · RGB 239, 228, 123

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Color values

HEX#EFE47B
RGB239, 228, 123
HSL54°, 78%, 71%
HSV54°, 49%, 94%
CMYK0%, 5%, 49%, 6%
XYZ66.92, 75.27, 29.74
Yxy75.27, 0.3892, 0.4378
CIE-Lab89.52, -10.02, 52.16
Hunter Lab86.76, -9.67, 37.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 89% · Blue 48%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 49% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFE47B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFE47B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFE47B

.text { color: #EFE47B; }
.background { background-color: #EFE47B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFE47B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 228, 123); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(54, 78%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFE47B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 228, 123, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFE47B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 228, 123, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFE47B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFE47B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFE47B

#EBDC5C#E7D740#E4D021#C8B619#AC9D15#8D8011#6D630D#4D460A#322E06#121102

Tints of #EFE47B

#F0E689#F2E892#F3EBA0#F4EDA9#F6F0B6#F7F2BF#F9F4CD#FAF6D6#FCF9E4#FDFBED

Tones of #EFE47B

#E7DD84#DED68C#D6D094#CDC99D#C5C2A5#BDBCAD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #7B87EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.31:1 Fails
Against black text16.05:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFE47B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFE47B

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 #EFE47B: ·

How #EFE47B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEA94Deuteranopia · #EBEC9BTritanopia · #EEA8AD

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 Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFE47B rather than the exact color:

Velvet Ruby Canyon
#862520 · #C46925 · #F6C862 · #F2E47F
Palette 343131
#343131 · #A04747 · #D8A25E · #EEDF7A
Misty Ruby Saffron
#ED3661 · #DE8049 · #EBE87A · #AAF177
Dusty Ruby Solace
#AF2234 · #D7782F · #E5E577 · #CEF0B4
Palette 427ab5
#427AB5 · #406AAF · #F7DD7D · #FFE8BE
Palette 658361
#658361 · #D0DD97 · #F8FAE4 · #F9DE79

Similar colors

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

#F2E47F#EEDF7A#EBE87A#E5E577#F7DD7D#F9DE79#ECEE81#F0E76F#E5E483#E8E085#FBE580#F2D974

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFE47A  ·  #EFE47C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFE47B?

#EFE47B is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 228, 123). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFE47B?

#EFE47B is RGB 239, 228, 123 — HSL 54°, 78%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 49%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFE47B?

Its complement is #7B87EF; analogous partners are #EFAA7B and #C1EF7B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFE47B for text?

Black text on #EFE47B has a contrast ratio of 16.05:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.31:1.