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#EFFBA3 — Light Vivid Yellow

#EFFBA3 is a yellow color we call Light Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #EFFBA3 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.

#EFFBA3 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AEA2FB; it also sits naturally between #FBDAA2 and #C3FBA2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFFBA3 · RGB 239, 251, 163

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Color values

HEX#EFFBA3
RGB239, 251, 163
HSL68°, 92%, 81%
HSV68°, 35%, 98%
CMYK5%, 0%, 35%, 2%
XYZ76.70, 89.99, 47.98
Yxy89.99, 0.3573, 0.4192
CIE-Lab95.99, -17.21, 40.90
Hunter Lab94.86, -16.87, 32.46

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 98% · Blue 64%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 35% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFFBA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFFBA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFFBA3

.text { color: #EFFBA3; }
.background { background-color: #EFFBA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFFBA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 251, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(68, 92%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFFBA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 251, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFFBA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 251, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFFBA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFFBA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFFBA3

#E9F97B#E3F859#DCF631#D6F50A#B8D309#95AB07#738406#515D04#333B02#111401

Tints of #EFFBA3

#F1FCAC#F2FCB1#F3FCBA#F4FCBF#F6FDC9#F7FDCE#F8FDD8#F9FEDD#FBFEE7#FCFEEB

Tones of #EFFBA3

#EBF5A8#E6EFAF#E1E8B5#DCE1BC#D8DBC2#D3D5C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEA2FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text19.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFFBA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFFBA3

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 #EFFBA3: ·

How #EFFBA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4B8Deuteranopia · #F4F3BDTritanopia · #F0C9CD

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFFBA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 36656b
#36656B · #75B06F · #DAD887 · #F0F8A4
Palette 071952
#071952 · #088395 · #35A29F · #F2F7A1
Ruby Monsoon
#2373F4 · #578EF5 · #65D0F4 · #F2F7A0
Palette B2b377
#B2B377 · #D2D180 · #E5E483 · #F1F5A8
Palette 9376e0
#9376E0 · #E893CF · #F3BCC8 · #F6FFA6
Palette 041122
#041122 · #259073 · #7FDA89 · #E6F99D

Similar colors

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

#F0F8A4#F2F7A1#F2F7A0#F1F5A8#F6FFA6#E6F99D#F2F1A7#F6F49D#F2F0A6#E8F79A#F6F1A1#FBFFA3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFFBA2  ·  #EFFBA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFFBA3?

#EFFBA3 is Light Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 239, 251, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFFBA3?

#EFFBA3 is RGB 239, 251, 163 — HSL 68°, 92%, 81% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 35%, 2%.

What colors go with #EFFBA3?

Its complement is #AEA2FB; analogous partners are #FBDAA2 and #C3FBA2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFFBA3 for text?

Black text on #EFFBA3 has a contrast ratio of 19.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.