Palettes / Colors / #E5ECBC

#E5ECBC — Pale Yellow

#E5ECBC is a yellow color we call Pale 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 #E5ECBC 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.

#E5ECBC 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 #C3BBEC; it also sits naturally between #ECDBBB and #CCECBB. 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 90% · Green 93% · Blue 74%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 20% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E5ECBC

.text { color: #E5ECBC; }
.background { background-color: #E5ECBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E5ECBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(229, 236, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(69, 56%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E5ECBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(229, 236, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E5ECBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(229, 236, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E5ECBC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E5ECBC">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #C3BBEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E5ECBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E5ECBC

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 #E5ECBC 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 #E5ECBC 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #E5ECBC?

#E5ECBC is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 229, 236, 188). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E5ECBC?

#E5ECBC is RGB 229, 236, 188 — HSL 69°, 56%, 83% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 20%, 7%.

What colors go with #E5ECBC?

Its complement is #C3BBEC; analogous partners are #ECDBBB and #CCECBB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E5ECBC for text?

Black text on #E5ECBC has a contrast ratio of 17.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.