Palettes / Colors / #ECED8A

#ECED8A — Light Yellow

#ECED8A is a yellow color we call Light Yellow, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #ECED8A 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.

#ECED8A is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #8E8CED; it also sits naturally between #EDBE8C and #BBED8C. 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 93% · Blue 54%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 42% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECED8A

.text { color: #ECED8A; }
.background { background-color: #ECED8A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECED8A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 237, 138); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 73%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECED8A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 237, 138, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECED8A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 237, 138, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECED8A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECED8A">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #8E8CED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECED8A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECED8A

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 #ECED8A 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 #ECED8A 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

← #ECED89  ·  #ECED8B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECED8A?

#ECED8A is Light Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 237, 138). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECED8A?

#ECED8A is RGB 236, 237, 138 — HSL 61°, 73%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 42%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECED8A?

Its complement is #8E8CED; analogous partners are #EDBE8C and #BBED8C. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECED8A for text?

Black text on #ECED8A has a contrast ratio of 17.05:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.