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#FFECA3 — Pale Vivid Yellow

#FFECA3 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 #FFECA3 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.

#FFECA3 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.

#FFECA3 · RGB 255, 236, 163

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Color values

HEX#FFECA3
RGB255, 236, 163
HSL48°, 100%, 82%
HSV48°, 36%, 100%
CMYK0%, 7%, 36%, 0%
XYZ77.85, 83.90, 46.74
Yxy83.90, 0.3734, 0.4024
CIE-Lab93.40, -3.76, 37.76
Hunter Lab91.59, -3.75, 29.98

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 #FFECA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FFECA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FFECA3

.text { color: #FFECA3; }
.background { background-color: #FFECA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFECA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 236, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(48, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFECA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 236, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFECA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 236, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFECA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFECA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFECA3

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

Tints of #FFECA3

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

Tones of #FFECA3

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

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3B6FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #FFECA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFECA3

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 #FFECA3: ·

How #FFECA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F7B5Deuteranopia · #F8F9B9Tritanopia · #FEC3C6

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 #FFECA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Dcffb7
#DCFFB7 · #FF6868 · #FFBB64 · #FFEAA7
Palette Ffe97d
#FFE97D · #FFEF9F · #E13F7C · #FF537B
Palette Fffbda
#FFFBDA · #FFEC9E · #FFBB70 · #ED9455
Palette Fdeb9e
#FDEB9E · #7AE2CF · #077A7D · #06202B
Palette 000b58
#000B58 · #003161 · #006A67 · #FDEB9E
Palette 7b4019
#7B4019 · #FF7D29 · #FFBF78 · #FFEEA9

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFECA2  ·  #FFECA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFECA3?

#FFECA3 is Pale Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 255, 236, 163). Its closest standard named color is NavajoWhite.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFECA3?

#FFECA3 is RGB 255, 236, 163 — HSL 48°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFECA3?

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

Can I use #FFECA3 for text?

Black text on #FFECA3 has a contrast ratio of 17.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.