Palettes / Colors / #ECE5BB

#ECE5BB — Pale Yellow

#ECE5BB is a yellow color we call Pale Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #ECE5BB 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.

#ECE5BB 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 #BBC3EC; it also sits naturally between #ECCCBB and #DBECBB. 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 90% · Blue 73%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 21% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECE5BB

.text { color: #ECE5BB; }
.background { background-color: #ECE5BB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECE5BB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 229, 187); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 56%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECE5BB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 229, 187, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECE5BB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 229, 187, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECE5BB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECE5BB">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BBC3EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECE5BB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECE5BB

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 #ECE5BB 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 #ECE5BB 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 #ECE5BB?

#ECE5BB is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 229, 187). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECE5BB?

#ECE5BB is RGB 236, 229, 187 — HSL 51°, 56%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 21%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECE5BB?

Its complement is #BBC3EC; analogous partners are #ECCCBB and #DBECBB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECE5BB for text?

Black text on #ECE5BB has a contrast ratio of 16.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.