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#EFF142 — Vivid Yellow

#EFF142 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 #EFF142 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.

#EFF142 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 #4441F1; it also sits naturally between #F19C41 and #96F141. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFF142 · RGB 239, 241, 66

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Color values

HEX#EFF142
RGB239, 241, 66
HSL61°, 86%, 60%
HSV61°, 73%, 95%
CMYK1%, 0%, 73%, 5%
XYZ68.04, 81.65, 17.33
Yxy81.65, 0.4073, 0.4889
CIE-Lab92.42, -20.07, 78.55
Hunter Lab90.36, -19.21, 48.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 95% · Blue 26%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 73% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFF142 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFF142 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFF142

.text { color: #EFF142; }
.background { background-color: #EFF142; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFF142; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 241, 66); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 86%, 60%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFF142; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 241, 66, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFF142; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 241, 66, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFF142">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFF142">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFF142

#EBEF25#E5E811#C9CC0F#B1B40E#95980B#797B09#626407#464705#2F2F04#131301

Tints of #EFF142

#F0F254#F1F362#F3F575#F4F684#F6F797#F7F9AA#F9FAB8#FAFBCB#FCFCD9#FDFEEC

Tones of #EFF142

#E2E44E#D5D75B#C9CB67#BDBF73#B2B380#A5A58D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4441F1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.33:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFF142: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFF142

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 #EFF142: ·

How #EFF142 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0F06CDeuteranopia · #F0F077Tritanopia · #EF8E95

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 #EFF142 rather than the exact color:

Honey Voyage
#15322D · #FA2598 · #FC43DC · #F2F73C
Modern Monsoon
#1311A2 · #716BEF · #E8EA3B · #F5F0C4
Cosmic Saffron
#0D1721 · #FA2F47 · #FF33CD · #EAFD43
Mellow Ruby Zephyr
#180818 · #2BF7F4 · #FBF23B · #59F826
Palette F0ff42
#F0FF42 · #82CD47 · #54B435 · #379237
Gentle Horizon
#111D2B · #98FE31 · #36F83D · #EFFD4A

Similar colors

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

#F2F73C#E8EA3B#EAFD43#FBF23B#F0FF42#EFFD4A#E3F04A#E3ED4B#FEEC41#F7FE3D#FAFD3E#E3F838

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFF141  ·  #EFF143 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFF142?

#EFF142 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 241, 66). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFF142?

#EFF142 is RGB 239, 241, 66 — HSL 61°, 86%, 60% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 73%, 5%.

What colors go with #EFF142?

Its complement is #4441F1; analogous partners are #F19C41 and #96F141. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFF142 for text?

Black text on #EFF142 has a contrast ratio of 17.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.