Palettes / Colors / #ECEFD2

#ECEFD2 — Pale Muted Yellow

#ECEFD2 is a yellow color we call Pale Muted 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 #ECEFD2 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.

#ECEFD2 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 #D5D2EF; it also sits naturally between #EFE3D2 and #DDEFD2. 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 94% · Blue 82%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 6%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECEFD2

.text { color: #ECEFD2; }
.background { background-color: #ECEFD2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECEFD2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 239, 210); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 48%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECEFD2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 239, 210, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECEFD2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 239, 210, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECEFD2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECEFD2">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #D5D2EF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECEFD2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECEFD2

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 #ECEFD2 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 #ECEFD2 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

← #ECEFD1  ·  #ECEFD3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECEFD2?

#ECEFD2 is Pale Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 236, 239, 210). Its closest standard named color is Beige.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECEFD2?

#ECEFD2 is RGB 236, 239, 210 — HSL 66°, 48%, 88% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 12%, 6%.

What colors go with #ECEFD2?

Its complement is #D5D2EF; analogous partners are #EFE3D2 and #DDEFD2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECEFD2 for text?

Black text on #ECEFD2 has a contrast ratio of 17.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.