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#EFEA69 — Light Vivid Yellow

#EFEA69 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 #EFEA69 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.

#EFEA69 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 #676BEF; it also sits naturally between #EFA667 and #AFEF67. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEA69 · RGB 239, 234, 105

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Color values

HEX#EFEA69
RGB239, 234, 105
HSL58°, 81%, 67%
HSV58°, 56%, 94%
CMYK0%, 2%, 56%, 6%
XYZ67.57, 78.22, 24.90
Yxy78.22, 0.3959, 0.4582
CIE-Lab90.88, -14.44, 61.97
Hunter Lab88.44, -13.89, 41.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 92% · Blue 41%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 56% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFEA69 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFEA69 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFEA69

.text { color: #EFEA69; }
.background { background-color: #EFEA69; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEA69; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 234, 105); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 81%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEA69; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 234, 105, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEA69; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 234, 105, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFEA69">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFEA69">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFEA69

#ECE74B#E9E22B#DED717#C2BC14#A6A111#86820E#6A670B#4E4C08#2E2D05#121202

Tints of #EFEA69

#F0EC75#F2EE82#F3F090#F5F29E#F6F4AC#F7F5B5#F9F7C3#FAF9D1#FCFBDF#FDFDED

Tones of #EFEA69

#E5E171#DCD87A#D2CF84#C8C68D#BEBD97#B5B4A1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #676BEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEA69: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEA69

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 #EFEA69: ·

How #EFEA69 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDED88Deuteranopia · #EDEE90Tritanopia · #EFA1A6

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 #EFEA69 rather than the exact color:

Palette Faf2d3
#FAF2D3 · #F4E869 · #3085C3 · #5CD2E6
Ruby Voyage
#006199 · #8ACFF8 · #F4EB6C · #FFD444
Palette A5cf83
#A5CF83 · #F0E76F · #ECB65F · #E89951
Palette E89951
#E89951 · #ECB65F · #F0E76F · #A5CF83
Palette F4e04d
#F4E04D · #F2ED6F · #CEE397 · #8DB1AB
Palette F6e96b
#F6E96B · #BEDC74 · #A2CA71 · #387F39

Similar colors

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

#F4E869#F4EB6C#F0E76F#F2ED6F#F6E96B#F3F169#E6E46D#F3DF6A#EDE161#E8EF72#FDE767#E7E35F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEA68  ·  #EFEA6A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEA69?

#EFEA69 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 234, 105). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEA69?

#EFEA69 is RGB 239, 234, 105 — HSL 58°, 81%, 67% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 56%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEA69?

Its complement is #676BEF; analogous partners are #EFA667 and #AFEF67. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEA69 for text?

Black text on #EFEA69 has a contrast ratio of 16.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.