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#EFF232 — Vivid Yellow

#EFF232 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 #EFF232 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.

#EFF232 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 #3431F2; it also sits naturally between #F29531 and #8EF231. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFF232 · RGB 239, 242, 50

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Color values

HEX#EFF232
RGB239, 242, 50
HSL61°, 88%, 57%
HSV61°, 79%, 95%
CMYK1%, 0%, 79%, 5%
XYZ67.92, 82.09, 15.28
Yxy82.09, 0.4109, 0.4966
CIE-Lab92.61, -21.13, 83.33
Hunter Lab90.60, -20.21, 50.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 95% · Blue 20%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 79% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFF232 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFF232 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFF232

.text { color: #EFF232; }
.background { background-color: #EFF232; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFF232; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 242, 50); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 88%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFF232; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 242, 50, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFF232; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 242, 50, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFF232">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFF232">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFF232

#EDF019#D9DD0E#C1C50D#AAAD0B#929509#767808#5E6006#474805#2A2B03#131301

Tints of #EFF232

#F0F344#F2F457#F3F66A#F5F77E#F6F891#F7F99F#F9FAB2#FAFBC5#FCFDD9#FDFEEC

Tones of #EFF232

#E1E43F#D4D64C#C6C85B#BABB68#ACAD76#9FA083

Color harmonies

Complementary — #3431F2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.42:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFF232: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFF232

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 #EFF232: ·

How #EFF232 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F0F060Deuteranopia · #F0F06CTritanopia · #EF858D

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 #EFF232 rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Ruby Ember
#190D24 · #F8348E · #0DFE29 · #ECFD33
Honey Voyage
#15322D · #FA2598 · #FC43DC · #F2F73C
Electric Ruby Drift
#0E0619 · #F7F128 · #23FD79 · #58FB26
Rustic Ruby Marble
#1F071E · #F5F828 · #4E6FFC · #FB3D21
Royal Ruby Voyage
#0E11B0 · #402DEE · #EDEA27 · #EFE692
Modern Monsoon
#1311A2 · #716BEF · #E8EA3B · #F5F0C4

Similar colors

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

#ECFD33#F2F73C#F7F128#F5F828#EDEA27#E8EA3B#E3F838#FBF23B#FEEC37#E4FF30#FEFA38#F7FE3D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFF231  ·  #EFF233 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFF232?

#EFF232 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 242, 50). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFF232?

#EFF232 is RGB 239, 242, 50 — HSL 61°, 88%, 57% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 79%, 5%.

What colors go with #EFF232?

Its complement is #3431F2; analogous partners are #F29531 and #8EF231. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFF232 for text?

Black text on #EFF232 has a contrast ratio of 17.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.