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#ECEFBD — Pale Yellow

#ECEFBD 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 #ECEFBD 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.

#ECEFBD 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.

#ECEFBD · RGB 236, 239, 189

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Color values

HEX#ECEFBD
RGB236, 239, 189
HSL64°, 61%, 84%
HSV64°, 21%, 94%
CMYK1%, 0%, 21%, 6%
XYZ74.64, 83.24, 60.28
Yxy83.24, 0.3422, 0.3816
CIE-Lab93.12, -9.04, 23.92
Hunter Lab91.24, -8.89, 20.49

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

CSS code for #ECEFBD

.text { color: #ECEFBD; }
.background { background-color: #ECEFBD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECEFBD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 239, 189); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(64, 61%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECEFBD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 239, 189, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECEFBD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 239, 189, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ECEFBD

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

Tints of #ECEFBD

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

Tones of #ECEFBD

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

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C1BDEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.65:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECEFBD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECEFBD

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 #ECEFBD: ·

How #ECEFBD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDC9Deuteranopia · #EDEDCCTritanopia · #ECD3D5

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 #ECEFBD rather than the exact color:

Palette 7adaa5
#7ADAA5 · #239BA7 · #ECECBB · #E1AA36
Palette Dbf1f2
#DBF1F2 · #CD5555 · #882042 · #EFEDBB
Vintage Ruby Dusk
#E7F2BF · #D9EA99 · #C5DF62 · #AED322
Palette 4b1426
#4B1426 · #17433F · #558467 · #EFEABB
Frozen Solace
#F0F0C2 · #BEEABA · #D3F6F0 · #B2C0EA
Palette 9a3b3b
#9A3B3B · #C08261 · #E2C799 · #F2ECBE

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECEFBC  ·  #ECEFBE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECEFBD?

#ECEFBD is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 239, 189). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECEFBD?

#ECEFBD is RGB 236, 239, 189 — HSL 64°, 61%, 84% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 21%, 6%.

What colors go with #ECEFBD?

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

Can I use #ECEFBD for text?

Black text on #ECEFBD has a contrast ratio of 17.65:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.