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#ECFFA3 — Pale Vivid Green

#ECFFA3 is a green color we call Pale Vivid Green, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #ECFFA3 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.

#ECFFA3 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #B6A3FF; it also sits naturally between #FFE3A3 and #BFFFA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECFFA3 · RGB 236, 255, 163

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Color values

HEX#ECFFA3
RGB236, 255, 163
HSL72°, 100%, 82%
HSV72°, 36%, 100%
CMYK7%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ76.96, 92.00, 48.35
Yxy92.00, 0.3542, 0.4233
CIE-Lab96.82, -20.26, 41.93
Hunter Lab95.92, -19.81, 33.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 100% · Blue 64%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECFFA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECFFA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECFFA3

.text { color: #ECFFA3; }
.background { background-color: #ECFFA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECFFA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 255, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(72, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECFFA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 255, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECFFA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 255, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECFFA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECFFA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECFFA3

#E4FF7A#DCFF52#D5FF2E#CDFF05#AFDB00#8FB300#6E8A00#526600#313D00#101400

Tints of #ECFFA3

#EEFFA8#F0FFB3#F1FFB8#F3FFC2#F4FFC7#F5FFCC#F7FFD6#F8FFDB#FAFFE5#FBFFEB

Tones of #ECFFA3

#E9F9AA#E5F2B1#E1EBB7#DDE5BD#D9DEC4#D5D8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B6A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.08:1 Fails
Against black text19.40:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECFFA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECFFA3

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 #ECFFA3: ·

How #ECFFA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4B9Deuteranopia · #F3F2BFTritanopia · #EDCBCF

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECFFA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 36656b
#36656B · #75B06F · #DAD887 · #F0F8A4
Palette 071952
#071952 · #088395 · #35A29F · #F2F7A1
Palette 041122
#041122 · #259073 · #7FDA89 · #E6F99D
Ruby Monsoon
#2373F4 · #578EF5 · #65D0F4 · #F2F7A0
Palette 9376e0
#9376E0 · #E893CF · #F3BCC8 · #F6FFA6
Palette Ee9494
#EE9494 · #EBFFAF · #B4E8C0 · #C3B9EA

Similar colors

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

#F0F8A4#F2F7A1#E6F99D#F2F7A0#F6FFA6#EBFFAF#F1F5A8#E9FF97#E8F79A#F2FF97#F6FF99#FBFFA3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECFFA2  ·  #ECFFA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECFFA3?

#ECFFA3 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 236, 255, 163). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECFFA3?

#ECFFA3 is RGB 236, 255, 163 — HSL 72°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #ECFFA3?

Its complement is #B6A3FF; analogous partners are #FFE3A3 and #BFFFA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECFFA3 for text?

Black text on #ECFFA3 has a contrast ratio of 19.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.