Palettes / Colors / #FFEF10

#FFEF10 — Vivid Yellow

#FFEF10 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 #FFEF10 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.

#FFEF10 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 #0F1FFF; it also sits naturally between #FF770F and #97FF0F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 94% · Blue 6%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 94% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FFEF10

.text { color: #FFEF10; }
.background { background-color: #FFEF10; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFEF10; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 239, 16); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 100%, 53%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFEF10; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 239, 16, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFEF10; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 239, 16, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFEF10">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFEF10">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFEF10

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #0F1FFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FFEF10: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFEF10

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:

How #FFEF10 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FFEF10 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFEF0F  ·  #FFEF11 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFEF10?

#FFEF10 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 255, 239, 16). Its closest standard named color is Yellow.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFEF10?

#FFEF10 is RGB 255, 239, 16 — HSL 56°, 100%, 53% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 94%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFEF10?

Its complement is #0F1FFF; analogous partners are #FF770F and #97FF0F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFEF10 for text?

Black text on #FFEF10 has a contrast ratio of 17.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.