Palettes / Colors / #ECD8A6

#ECD8A6 — Light Yellow

#ECD8A6 is a yellow color we call Light 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 #ECD8A6 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.

#ECD8A6 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 #A7BAEC; it also sits naturally between #ECB6A7 and #DDECA7. 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 93% · Green 85% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 30% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECD8A6

.text { color: #ECD8A6; }
.background { background-color: #ECD8A6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECD8A6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 216, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(43, 65%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECD8A6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 216, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECD8A6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 216, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECD8A6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECD8A6">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A7BAEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECD8A6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECD8A6

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 #ECD8A6 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 #ECD8A6 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

← #ECD8A5  ·  #ECD8A7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECD8A6?

#ECD8A6 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 216, 166). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECD8A6?

#ECD8A6 is RGB 236, 216, 166 — HSL 43°, 65%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 30%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECD8A6?

Its complement is #A7BAEC; analogous partners are #ECB6A7 and #DDECA7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECD8A6 for text?

Black text on #ECD8A6 has a contrast ratio of 14.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.41:1.