Close to Butter
#FFEF64
#FFEF64 is a light, vivid yellow, close to the color Butter. In RGB it’s made of 100% red, 93.7% green, and 39.2% blue. Its hue is 54°, with 100% saturation and 70% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.
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Tints, shades & tones
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Color harmonies
Combinations from the color wheel, built around #FFEF64.
Split complementary
The two neighbors of the complement: contrast that’s easier to balance.
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Two complementary pairs: rich, best with one color in charge.
Open in the palette creator →Contrast & readability
WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
White text on this color
1.18:1 FailBlack text on this color
17.78:1 AAAThis color as text on white
1.18:1 FailThis color as text on black
17.78:1 AAAHow it looks with color blindness
About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #FFEF64 as they’d see it.
#FFEF64 in use
A headline in this color
Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
On a dark background
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Questions about #FFEF64
What color is #FFEF64?
#FFEF64 is a light, vivid yellow, close to the color Butter. In RGB it’s made of 100% red, 93.7% green, and 39.2% blue. Its hue is 54°, with 100% saturation and 70% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.
What is #FFEF64 in RGB?
#FFEF64 is rgb(255, 239, 100): 255 red, 239 green, and 100 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #FFEF64 in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(0, 6, 61, 0). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #FFEF64?
PANTONE 100 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #FFEF64?
Its complement #EDEAFF gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.