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#ECEFBC — Pale Yellow

#ECEFBC 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 #ECEFBC 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.

#ECEFBC 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 #C1BDEF; it also sits naturally between #EFDABD and #D3EFBD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECEFBC · RGB 236, 239, 188

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Color values

HEX#ECEFBC
RGB236, 239, 188
HSL64°, 61%, 84%
HSV64°, 21%, 94%
CMYK1%, 0%, 21%, 6%
XYZ74.54, 83.20, 59.71
Yxy83.20, 0.3428, 0.3826
CIE-Lab93.10, -9.18, 24.40
Hunter Lab91.21, -9.03, 20.84

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 94% · Blue 74%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 21% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ECEFBC

.text { color: #ECEFBC; }
.background { background-color: #ECEFBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECEFBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 239, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 61%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECEFBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 239, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECEFBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 239, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ECEFBC

#E2E79C#D9DF7C#CFD75B#C5CF3A#ACB52C#8C9424#6D731C#4E5214#2F310C#101004

Tints of #ECEFBC

#EDF0C1#EEF1C6#F1F3CE#F2F4D2#F3F5D6#F4F6DA#F5F7DE#F8F9E6#F9FAEA#FAFBEF

Tones of #ECEFBC

#E9EBC1#E6E8C4#E3E4C8#DFE1CC#DCDDCF#D9DAD3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C1BDEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECEFBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECEFBC

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 #ECEFBC: ·

How #ECEFBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDC8Deuteranopia · #EDEDCBTritanopia · #ECD2D4

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 #ECEFBC rather than the exact color:

Palette 7adaa5
#7ADAA5 · #239BA7 · #ECECBB · #E1AA36
Palette Dbf1f2
#DBF1F2 · #CD5555 · #882042 · #EFEDBB
Palette 4b1426
#4B1426 · #17433F · #558467 · #EFEABB
Vintage Ruby Dusk
#E7F2BF · #D9EA99 · #C5DF62 · #AED322
Palette 9a3b3b
#9A3B3B · #C08261 · #E2C799 · #F2ECBE
Smoky Harbor
#1B347B · #6D95DF · #D6B146 · #EBE8BD

Similar colors

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

#ECECBB#EFEDBB#EFEABB#E7F2BF#F2ECBE#EBE8BD#F0F0C2#E8F5BD#EAF2C3#EDF4C2#EDF7BD#F2EDC2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECEFBB  ·  #ECEFBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECEFBC?

#ECEFBC is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 239, 188). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECEFBC?

#ECEFBC is RGB 236, 239, 188 — HSL 64°, 61%, 84% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 21%, 6%.

What colors go with #ECEFBC?

Its complement is #C1BDEF; analogous partners are #EFDABD and #D3EFBD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECEFBC for text?

Black text on #ECEFBC has a contrast ratio of 17.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.