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#EFF197 — Light Yellow

#EFF197 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #EFF197 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.

#EFF197 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 #9998F1; it also sits naturally between #F1C698 and #C3F198. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFF197 · RGB 239, 241, 151

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Color values

HEX#EFF197
RGB239, 241, 151
HSL61°, 76%, 77%
HSV61°, 37%, 95%
CMYK1%, 0%, 37%, 5%
XYZ72.64, 83.50, 41.57
Yxy83.50, 0.3674, 0.4223
CIE-Lab93.23, -13.69, 43.24
Hunter Lab91.38, -13.34, 33.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 95% · Blue 59%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 37% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFF197 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFF197 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFF197

.text { color: #EFF197; }
.background { background-color: #EFF197; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFF197; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 241, 151); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 76%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFF197; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 241, 151, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFF197; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 241, 151, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFF197">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFF197">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFF197

#EBED78#E5E854#E1E335#D4D71D#B5B819#929414#737510#54550C#313107#121202

Tints of #EFF197

#F1F2A1#F2F3AA#F3F5B3#F5F6BC#F6F7C5#F7F8C9#F8F9D2#FAFADB#FBFBE4#FCFDED

Tones of #EFF197

#E9EA9E#E3E4A5#DDDEAB#D7D8B1#D1D1B7#CBCBBE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9998F1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFF197: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFF197

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 #EFF197: ·

How #EFF197 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0F0ADDeuteranopia · #F0F0B2Tritanopia · #EFBEC2

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 · #FFEB3BBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFF197 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff8f8f
#FF8F8F · #EEF296 · #9ADE7B · #508D69
Palette 211c6a
#211C6A · #59B4C3 · #74E291 · #EFF396
Palette B0c5a4
#B0C5A4 · #D37676 · #EBC49F · #F1EF99
Palette Ef9595
#EF9595 · #EFB495 · #EFD595 · #EBEF95
Palette 0a1d56
#0A1D56 · #492E87 · #37B5B6 · #F2F597
Palette 22213d
#22213D · #4E3188 · #24BABC · #EAEF9B

Similar colors

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

#EEF296#EFF396#F1EF99#EBEF95#F2F597#EAEF9B#F1EB9A#EAEB96#F6F193#F7F39A#F1EB90#E8F79A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFF196  ·  #EFF198 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFF197?

#EFF197 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 241, 151). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFF197?

#EFF197 is RGB 239, 241, 151 — HSL 61°, 76%, 77% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 37%, 5%.

What colors go with #EFF197?

Its complement is #9998F1; analogous partners are #F1C698 and #C3F198. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFF197 for text?

Black text on #EFF197 has a contrast ratio of 17.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.