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#EFEF07 — Vivid Yellow

#EFEF07 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 #EFEF07 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.

#EFEF07 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 #0707ED; it also sits naturally between #ED7A07 and #7AED07. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEF07 · RGB 239, 239, 7

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Color values

HEX#EFEF07
RGB239, 239, 7
HSL60°, 94%, 48%
HSV60°, 97%, 94%
CMYK0%, 0%, 97%, 6%
XYZ66.50, 80.10, 12.16
Yxy80.10, 0.4189, 0.5045
CIE-Lab91.73, -20.47, 89.44
Hunter Lab89.50, -19.51, 51.64

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 94% · Blue 3%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 97% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFEF07 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFEF07 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFEF07

.text { color: #EFEF07; }
.background { background-color: #EFEF07; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEF07; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 239, 7); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 94%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEF07; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 239, 7, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEF07; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 239, 7, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFEF07">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFEF07">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFEF07

#DADA07#C1C106#ADAD05#949405#818104#6D6D03#545403#404002#282801#141401

Tints of #EFEF07

#F8F816#F9F92F#F9F943#FAFA5C#FBFB74#FBFB8D#FCFCA6#FDFDBA#FEFED2#FEFEEB

Tones of #EFEF07

#DEDE17#CCCC28#BCBC38#ABAB49#9B9B59#8A8A6A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0707ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #EFEF07: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEF07

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 #EFEF07: ·

How #EFEF07 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEF3FDeuteranopia · #EFEF4DTritanopia · #EF6B75

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 #EFEF07 rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #F72798 · #F57D1F · #EBF400
Palette F7fd04
#F7FD04 · #F9B208 · #F98404 · #FC5404
Palette 7c00fe
#7C00FE · #F9E400 · #FFAF00 · #F5004F
Frozen Ruby Solace
#0D3820 · #FCF211 · #2B28F8 · #FB3D25
Palette Ea047e
#EA047E · #FF6D28 · #FCE700 · #00F5FF
Palette Fff100
#FFF100 · #006BFF · #08C2FF · #BCF2F6

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEF06  ·  #EFEF08 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEF07?

#EFEF07 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 239, 7). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEF07?

#EFEF07 is RGB 239, 239, 7 — HSL 60°, 94%, 48% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 97%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFEF07?

Its complement is #0707ED; analogous partners are #ED7A07 and #7AED07. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEF07 for text?

Black text on #EFEF07 has a contrast ratio of 17.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.