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#EFEA4E — Vivid Yellow

#EFEA4E is a yellow color we call 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 #EFEA4E 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.

#EFEA4E 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 #4E53EF; it also sits naturally between #EF994E and #A3EF4E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEA4E · RGB 239, 234, 78

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Color values

HEX#EFEA4E
RGB239, 234, 78
HSL58°, 83%, 62%
HSV58°, 67%, 94%
CMYK0%, 2%, 67%, 6%
XYZ66.39, 77.75, 18.71
Yxy77.75, 0.4077, 0.4774
CIE-Lab90.66, -16.11, 72.70
Hunter Lab88.17, -15.43, 46.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 92% · Blue 31%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 67% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFEA4E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFEA4E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFEA4E

.text { color: #EFEA4E; }
.background { background-color: #EFEA4E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEA4E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 234, 78); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 83%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEA4E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 234, 78, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEA4E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 234, 78, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFEA4E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFEA4E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFEA4E

#ECE632#E9E216#D2CC14#B6B011#9A950E#7E7A0C#625F09#4B4807#2F2D04#131202

Tints of #EFEA4E

#F0EB5C#F2ED6E#F3EF7C#F5F18F#F6F39D#F7F5AB#F9F7BE#FAF9CC#FCFBDE#FDFDEC

Tones of #EFEA4E

#E3DE59#D7D365#CCC971#C1BF7B#B5B487#AAA992

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4E53EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.55:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEA4E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEA4E

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 #EFEA4E: ·

How #EFEA4E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDED74Deuteranopia · #EDEE7DTritanopia · #EF9298

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 #EFEA4E rather than the exact color:

Palette 5cb338
#5CB338 · #ECE852 · #FFC145 · #FB4141
Lucky Ruby Ember
#BFA815 · #ECE24F · #2F49E8 · #9997ED
Golden Ruby Monsoon
#EBED58 · #8EE659 · #47E96D · #23E7C8
Palette F4e04d
#F4E04D · #F2ED6F · #CEE397 · #8DB1AB
Silent Garden
#E9EE57 · #BEED66 · #9FEC78 · #85F083
Amber Ruby Ember
#69900E · #E3ED4B · #4E15D4 · #B7A5F0

Similar colors

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

#ECE852#ECE24F#EBED58#F4E04D#E9EE57#E3ED4B#E3EF4F#FBEF50#FAE251#E3F04A#FAE254#F8E559

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEA4D  ·  #EFEA4F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEA4E?

#EFEA4E is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 234, 78). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEA4E?

#EFEA4E is RGB 239, 234, 78 — HSL 58°, 83%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 67%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEA4E?

Its complement is #4E53EF; analogous partners are #EF994E and #A3EF4E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEA4E for text?

Black text on #EFEA4E has a contrast ratio of 16.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.