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#ECFFA4 — Pale Vivid Green

#ECFFA4 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 #ECFFA4 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.

#ECFFA4 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 #B7A3FF; it also sits naturally between #FFE5A3 and #BDFFA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECFFA4 · RGB 236, 255, 164

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Color values

HEX#ECFFA4
RGB236, 255, 164
HSL73°, 100%, 82%
HSV73°, 36%, 100%
CMYK7%, 0%, 36%, 0%
XYZ77.05, 92.03, 48.83
Yxy92.03, 0.3536, 0.4223
CIE-Lab96.83, -20.14, 41.46
Hunter Lab95.93, -19.70, 32.98

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 #ECFFA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECFFA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECFFA4

.text { color: #ECFFA4; }
.background { background-color: #ECFFA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECFFA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 255, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(73, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECFFA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 255, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECFFA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 255, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECFFA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECFFA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECFFA4

#E2FF7A#D9FF52#D2FF2E#C9FF05#ACDB00#8CB300#6C8A00#506600#303D00#101400

Tints of #ECFFA4

#ECFFA8#EEFFB3#F0FFB8#F2FFC2#F3FFC7#F4FFCC#F6FFD6#F7FFDB#F9FFE5#FBFFEB

Tones of #ECFFA4

#E7F9AA#E4F2B1#E0EBB7#DCE5BD#D9DEC4#D5D8CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B7A3FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.08:1 Fails
Against black text19.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECFFA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECFFA4

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 #ECFFA4: ·

How #ECFFA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F4F4BADeuteranopia · #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 #ECFFA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 36656b
#36656B · #75B06F · #DAD887 · #F0F8A4
Palette 9376e0
#9376E0 · #E893CF · #F3BCC8 · #F6FFA6
Palette 071952
#071952 · #088395 · #35A29F · #F2F7A1
Ruby Monsoon
#2373F4 · #578EF5 · #65D0F4 · #F2F7A0
Palette 041122
#041122 · #259073 · #7FDA89 · #E6F99D
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#F6FFA6#F2F7A1#F2F7A0#E6F99D#EBFFAF#F1F5A8#E9FF97#E8F79A#E9FFB2#F2FF97#F6FF99

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECFFA3  ·  #ECFFA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECFFA4?

#ECFFA4 is Pale Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 236, 255, 164). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECFFA4?

#ECFFA4 is RGB 236, 255, 164 — HSL 73°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 7%, 0%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #ECFFA4?

Its complement is #B7A3FF; analogous partners are #FFE5A3 and #BDFFA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECFFA4 for text?

Black text on #ECFFA4 has a contrast ratio of 19.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.08:1.