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#FFECA2 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FFECA2 is a yellow color we call Pale Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color NavajoWhite (#FFDEAD). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: navajowhite (#FFDEAD) — not an exact match. CSS navajowhite gives you #FFDEAD, a different color; use #FFECA2 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.

#FFECA2 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 #A3B6FF; it also sits naturally between #FFBFA3 and #E3FFA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FFECA2 · RGB 255, 236, 162

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Color values

HEX#FFECA2
RGB255, 236, 162
HSL48°, 100%, 82%
HSV48°, 36%, 100%
CMYK0%, 7%, 36%, 0%
XYZ77.76, 83.86, 46.27
Yxy83.86, 0.3740, 0.4034
CIE-Lab93.39, -3.87, 38.24
Hunter Lab91.57, -3.86, 30.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 93% · Blue 64%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #FFECA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FFECA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FFECA2

.text { color: #FFECA2; }
.background { background-color: #FFECA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFECA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 236, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFECA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 236, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFECA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 236, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFECA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFECA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFECA2

#FFE47A#FFDC52#FFD52E#FFCD05#DBAF00#B38F00#8A6E00#665200#3D3100#141000

Tints of #FFECA2

#FFEEA8#FFF0B3#FFF1B8#FFF3C2#FFF4C7#FFF5CC#FFF7D6#FFF8DB#FFFAE5#FFFBEB

Tones of #FFECA2

#F9E9AA#F2E5B1#EBE1B7#E5DDBD#DED9C4#D8D5CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3B6FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #FFECA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFECA2

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 #FFECA2: ·

How #FFECA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F7B4Deuteranopia · #F8F9B8Tritanopia · #FEC2C5

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 #FFECA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fffbda
#FFFBDA · #FFEC9E · #FFBB70 · #ED9455
Palette Ffe97d
#FFE97D · #FFEF9F · #E13F7C · #FF537B
Palette Fdeb9e
#FDEB9E · #7AE2CF · #077A7D · #06202B
Palette 000b58
#000B58 · #003161 · #006A67 · #FDEB9E
Palette Dcffb7
#DCFFB7 · #FF6868 · #FFBB64 · #FFEAA7
Ruby Opal
#7D9C65 · #B93636 · #FF9C4C · #FFF2A0

Similar colors

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

#FFEC9E#FFEF9F#FDEB9E#FFEAA7#FFF2A0#FEF2A0#FFE6A5#F9E8A2#FBEBA8#FFEEA9#FFE9A9#FFF4A4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFECA1  ·  #FFECA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFECA2?

#FFECA2 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 255, 236, 162). Its closest standard named color is NavajoWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFECA2?

#FFECA2 is RGB 255, 236, 162 — HSL 48°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFECA2?

Its complement is #A3B6FF; analogous partners are #FFBFA3 and #E3FFA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFECA2 for text?

Black text on #FFECA2 has a contrast ratio of 17.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.