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#ECEBDB — Pale Dusty Yellow

#ECEBDB is a yellow color we call Pale Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Beige (#F5F5DC). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: beige (#F5F5DC) — not an exact match. CSS beige gives you #F5F5DC, a different color; use #ECEBDB 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.

#ECEBDB 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 #DADBEC; it also sits naturally between #ECE2DA and #E4ECDA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECEBDB · RGB 236, 235, 219

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Color values

HEX#ECEBDB
RGB236, 235, 219
HSL56°, 31%, 89%
HSV56°, 7%, 93%
CMYK0%, 0%, 7%, 7%
XYZ77.09, 82.36, 78.85
Yxy82.36, 0.3235, 0.3456
CIE-Lab92.74, -2.40, 7.87
Hunter Lab90.75, -2.39, 7.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 92% · Blue 86%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECEBDB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECEBDB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECEBDB

.text { color: #ECEBDB; }
.background { background-color: #ECEBDB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECEBDB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 235, 219); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 31%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECEBDB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 235, 219, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECEBDB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 235, 219, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ECEBDB

#DEDCC0#CECBA1#C0BC87#B0AB69#9D9853#7F7B43#646135#464425#2B2A17#0D0D07

Tints of #ECEBDB

#EDECDE#EDECDE#EFEEE1#F1F0E4#F3F2E8#F3F2E8#F4F4EB#F6F6EE#F6F6EE#F8F8F2

Tones of #ECEBDB

#EBEADB#E9E8DD#E8E7DE#E7E6DF#E5E5E0#E4E4E2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DADBEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.20:1 Fails
Against black text17.47:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECEBDB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECEBDB

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #ECEBDB: ·

How #ECEBDB looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #ECECDFDeuteranopia · #ECECE0Tritanopia · #ECE2E3

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECEBDB rather than the exact color:

Palette Eeecda
#EEECDA · #F08A5D · #B83B5E · #6A2C70
Palette Eeebdd
#EEEBDD · #810000 · #630000 · #1B1717
Palette Eeebdd
#EEEBDD · #CE1212 · #810000 · #1B1717
Palette Eeebdd
#EEEBDD · #D8B6A4 · #630000 · #000000
Crimson Harbor
#EDE9D9 · #BBA958 · #948647 · #40391C
Palette 6096b4
#6096B4 · #93BFCF · #BDCDD6 · #EEE9DA

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#EEECDA#EEEBDD#EDE9D9#EEE9DA#ECEBDE#EDE8DC#ECE8DD#ECE8D9#F0EADB#EFEAD8#EEEAD7#EEE7DA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECEBDA  ·  #ECEBDC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECEBDB?

#ECEBDB is Pale Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 235, 219). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECEBDB?

#ECEBDB is RGB 236, 235, 219 — HSL 56°, 31%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 7%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECEBDB?

Its complement is #DADBEC; analogous partners are #ECE2DA and #E4ECDA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECEBDB for text?

Black text on #ECEBDB has a contrast ratio of 17.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.20:1.