Palettes / Colors / #ECEDBD

#ECEDBD — Pale Yellow

#ECEDBD is a yellow color we call Pale 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 #ECEDBD 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.

#ECEDBD 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 #C0BFED; it also sits naturally between #EDD7BF and #D5EDBF. 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 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 20% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECEDBD

.text { color: #ECEDBD; }
.background { background-color: #ECEDBD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECEDBD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 237, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(61, 57%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECEDBD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 237, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECEDBD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 237, 189, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ECEDBD

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0BFED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECEDBD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECEDBD

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 #ECEDBD 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 #ECEDBD 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

← #ECEDBC  ·  #ECEDBE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECEDBD?

#ECEDBD is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 237, 189). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECEDBD?

#ECEDBD is RGB 236, 237, 189 — HSL 61°, 57%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 20%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECEDBD?

Its complement is #C0BFED; analogous partners are #EDD7BF and #D5EDBF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECEDBD for text?

Black text on #ECEDBD has a contrast ratio of 17.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.