Palettes / Colors / #ECDCA9

#ECDCA9 — Light Yellow

#ECDCA9 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 #ECDCA9 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.

#ECDCA9 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 #A7B7EC; it also sits naturally between #ECB9A7 and #D9ECA7. 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 86% · Blue 66%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 28% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECDCA9

.text { color: #ECDCA9; }
.background { background-color: #ECDCA9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECDCA9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 220, 169); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(46, 64%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECDCA9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 220, 169, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECDCA9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 220, 169, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECDCA9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECDCA9">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A7B7EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECDCA9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECDCA9

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 #ECDCA9 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 #ECDCA9 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

← #ECDCA8  ·  #ECDCAA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECDCA9?

#ECDCA9 is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 220, 169). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECDCA9?

#ECDCA9 is RGB 236, 220, 169 — HSL 46°, 64%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 28%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECDCA9?

Its complement is #A7B7EC; analogous partners are #ECB9A7 and #D9ECA7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECDCA9 for text?

Black text on #ECDCA9 has a contrast ratio of 15.38:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.37:1.