#ecfa8a

Color #ecfa8a

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 14.32 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ecfa8a

RGB

rgb(236, 250, 138)

HSL

hsl(67.5, 91.8%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.5, 44.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 44.8%, 2%)

LAB

lab(95.18, -20.56, 51.91)

LCH

lch(95.18, 55.83, 111.61)

OKLCH

oklch(95.1%, 0.1374, 114.89)

HWB

hwb(67.5, 54.1%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#988afa

Analogous

#fad08a

#ecfa8a

#b4fa8a

Triadic

#ecfa8a

#8aecfa

#fa8aec

Split-complementary

#ecfa8a

#8ab4fa

#d08afa

Tetradic

#ecfa8a

#8afa98

#988afa

#fa8aec

Square

#ecfa8a

#8afad0

#988afa

#fa8ab4

Shades

Color #ecfa8a mixed toward black.

#e2f74c

#d8f50e

#a4ba08

#6d7c05

#373e03

Tints

Color #ecfa8a mixed toward white.

#effb9e

#f2fcb1

#f6fdc5

#f9fdd8

#fcfeec

Tones

Color #ecfa8a mixed toward gray.

#e5f193

#dee79d

#d7dea6

#d0d5af

#c9cbb9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

18.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (18.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f2f2ae · ΔE 7.3

Deuteranopia

#f1f0b5 · ΔE 9.1

Tritanopia

#edc5ca · ΔE 38.5

Achromatopsia

#f1f1f1 · ΔE 24.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ecfa8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ecfa8a]

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Frequently asked questions

#ecfa8a (#ecfa8a) is rgb(236, 250, 138) in RGB.

No, #ecfa8a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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