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#EFEA6A — Light Vivid Yellow

#EFEA6A 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 #EFEA6A 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.

#EFEA6A 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 #6B70EF; it also sits naturally between #EFA96B and #B2EF6B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEA6A · RGB 239, 234, 106

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Color values

HEX#EFEA6A
RGB239, 234, 106
HSL58°, 81%, 68%
HSV58°, 56%, 94%
CMYK0%, 2%, 56%, 6%
XYZ67.62, 78.24, 25.17
Yxy78.24, 0.3954, 0.4574
CIE-Lab90.89, -14.36, 61.54
Hunter Lab88.45, -13.82, 41.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 92% · Blue 42%

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 #EFEA6A on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFEA6A on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFEA6A

.text { color: #EFEA6A; }
.background { background-color: #EFEA6A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEA6A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 234, 106); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 81%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEA6A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 234, 106, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEA6A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 234, 106, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFEA6A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFEA6A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFEA6A

#EDE750#E9E32F#E2DB18#C2BC14#A6A111#8A860F#6A670B#4E4C08#2E2D05#121202

Tints of #EFEA6A

#F1ED79#F2EF87#F3F090#F5F29E#F6F4AC#F8F6BA#F9F8C8#FAF9D1#FCFBDF#FDFDED

Tones of #EFEA6A

#E6E275#DDDA7E#D3D088#CAC891#C0BF9B#B7B7A4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6B70EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.65:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEA6A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEA6A

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 #EFEA6A: ·

How #EFEA6A looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDED89Deuteranopia · #EDEE90Tritanopia · #EFA1A7

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 #EFEA6A rather than the exact color:

Ruby Voyage
#006199 · #8ACFF8 · #F4EB6C · #FFD444
Palette Faf2d3
#FAF2D3 · #F4E869 · #3085C3 · #5CD2E6
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:

#F4EB6C#F4E869#F0E76F#F2ED6F#F6E96B#F3F169#E6E46D#F3DF6A#E8EF72#EDE161#FDE767#E6EE75

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEA69  ·  #EFEA6B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEA6A?

#EFEA6A is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 234, 106). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEA6A?

#EFEA6A is RGB 239, 234, 106 — HSL 58°, 81%, 68% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 56%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEA6A?

Its complement is #6B70EF; analogous partners are #EFA96B and #B2EF6B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEA6A for text?

Black text on #EFEA6A has a contrast ratio of 16.65:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.