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#EFEB04 — Vivid Yellow

#EFEB04 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 #EFEB04 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.

#EFEB04 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 #0408F1; it also sits naturally between #F17604 and #7EF104. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEB04 · RGB 239, 235, 4

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Color values

HEX#EFEB04
RGB239, 235, 4
HSL59°, 97%, 48%
HSV59°, 98%, 94%
CMYK0%, 2%, 98%, 6%
XYZ65.33, 77.78, 11.68
Yxy77.78, 0.4220, 0.5025
CIE-Lab90.68, -18.56, 88.89
Hunter Lab88.19, -17.68, 50.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 92% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 98% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFEB04 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFEB04 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFEB04

.text { color: #EFEB04; }
.background { background-color: #EFEB04; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEB04; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 235, 4); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(59, 97%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEB04; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 235, 4, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEB04; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 235, 4, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFEB04">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFEB04">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFEB04

#DDD903#C4C103#B0AD03#979402#838002#6F6D02#555401#414001#282801#141400

Tints of #EFEB04

#FBF813#FCF82C#FCF940#FCFA59#FDFB72#FDFB8B#FEFCA5#FEFDB9#FEFED2#FFFEEB

Tones of #EFEB04

#E0DD15#CFCC26#BEBB37#AEAC47#9D9C58#8C8B69

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0408F1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEB04: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEB04

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 #EFEB04: ·

How #EFEB04 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDED3CDeuteranopia · #EEEE49Tritanopia · #EF6872

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 #EFEB04 rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette 4379f2
#4379F2 · #FFEB00 · #6EC207 · #117554
Palette 000957
#000957 · #344CB7 · #577BC1 · #FFEB00
Palette 00ff9c
#00FF9C · #B6FFA1 · #FEFFA7 · #FFE700

Similar colors

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

#EBF400#F9E400#FCE700#FFEB00#FFE700#FFF100#E1E100#FFE100#FCF211#F7FD04#EBDD12#FCDA05

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEB03  ·  #EFEB05 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEB04?

#EFEB04 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 235, 4). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEB04?

#EFEB04 is RGB 239, 235, 4 — HSL 59°, 97%, 48% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 98%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEB04?

Its complement is #0408F1; analogous partners are #F17604 and #7EF104. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEB04 for text?

Black text on #EFEB04 has a contrast ratio of 16.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.