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#EFE700 — Vivid Yellow

#EFE700 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 #EFE700 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.

#EFE700 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 #0008F0; it also sits naturally between #F07000 and #80F000. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFE700 · RGB 239, 231, 0

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Color values

HEX#EFE700
RGB239, 231, 0
HSL58°, 100%, 47%
HSV58°, 100%, 94%
CMYK0%, 3%, 100%, 6%
XYZ64.17, 75.50, 11.19
Yxy75.50, 0.4254, 0.5005
CIE-Lab89.63, -16.65, 88.43
Hunter Lab86.89, -15.84, 50.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 91% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 100% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFE700 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFE700 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFE700

.text { color: #EFE700; }
.background { background-color: #EFE700; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFE700; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 231, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 100%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFE700; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 231, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFE700; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 231, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFE700">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFE700">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFE700

#DBD400#C2BB00#ADA800#999400#858000#6B6800#575400#424000#292700#141400

Tints of #EFE700

#FFF70A#FFF824#FFF93D#FFF957#FFFA70#FFFB85#FFFC9E#FFFDB8#FFFDD1#FFFEEB

Tones of #EFE700

#DFD811#CDC723#BCB834#ABA844#9B9855#898867

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0008F0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.10:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFE700: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFE700

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 #EFE700: ·

How #EFE700 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECEB38Deuteranopia · #ECED45Tritanopia · #EF646E

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 #EFE700 rather than the exact color:

Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700
Palette 4379f2
#4379F2 · #FFEB00 · #6EC207 · #117554

Similar colors

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

#F9E400#FCE700#EBF400#E1E100#FFE700#FFEB00#FFE100#FFF100#FCDA05#FFDB00#EBDD12#FFD700

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFE6FF  ·  #EFE701 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFE700?

#EFE700 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 231, 0). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFE700?

#EFE700 is RGB 239, 231, 0 — HSL 58°, 100%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 100%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFE700?

Its complement is #0008F0; analogous partners are #F07000 and #80F000. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFE700 for text?

Black text on #EFE700 has a contrast ratio of 16.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.