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#EFEF05 — Vivid Yellow

#EFEF05 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Yellow (#FFFF00). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellow (#FFFF00) — not an exact match. CSS yellow gives you #FFFF00, a different color; use #EFEF05 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.

#EFEF05 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 #0505F0; it also sits naturally between #F07A05 and #7AF005. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEF05 · RGB 239, 239, 5

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Color values

HEX#EFEF05
RGB239, 239, 5
HSL60°, 96%, 48%
HSV60°, 98%, 94%
CMYK0%, 0%, 98%, 6%
XYZ66.49, 80.09, 12.10
Yxy80.09, 0.4190, 0.5047
CIE-Lab91.73, -20.48, 89.58
Hunter Lab89.50, -19.53, 51.67

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 94% · Blue 2%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFEF05 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFEF05 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFEF05

.text { color: #EFEF05; }
.background { background-color: #EFEF05; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEF05; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 239, 5); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 96%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEF05; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 239, 5, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEF05; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 239, 5, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFEF05">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFEF05">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFEF05

#DCDC04#C3C304#AFAF04#969603#828203#6E6E02#555502#414101#282801#141400

Tints of #EFEF05

#FAFA14#FBFB2D#FBFB41#FCFC5A#FCFC73#FDFD8C#FDFDA5#FEFEB9#FEFED2#FFFFEB

Tones of #EFEF05

#DFDF16#CFCF26#BEBE37#ADAD48#9B9B59#8C8C69

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0505F0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEF05: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEF05

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 #EFEF05: ·

How #EFEF05 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEF3EDeuteranopia · #EFEF4BTritanopia · #EF6A74

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 · #FFC107Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFEF05 rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404
Palette Fff100
#FFF100 · #006BFF · #08C2FF · #BCF2F6
Palette 4379f2
#4379F2 · #FFEB00 · #6EC207 · #117554

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEF04  ·  #EFEF06 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEF05?

#EFEF05 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 239, 5). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEF05?

#EFEF05 is RGB 239, 239, 5 — HSL 60°, 96%, 48% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 98%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEF05?

Its complement is #0505F0; analogous partners are #F07A05 and #7AF005. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEF05 for text?

Black text on #EFEF05 has a contrast ratio of 17.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.