Light goldenrod yellow

#ecf4be

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light goldenrod yellow, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Light goldenrod yellow falls in the yellow band, light and strong. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Light goldenrod yellow color values

Every conversion for #ecf4be, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecf4be

RGB236, 244, 190

HSL69, 71%, 85%

HSV69, 22%, 96%

CMYK3%, 0%, 22%, 4%

Lab94.42, -11.38, 25.19

XYZ76.24, 86.25, 61.35

Decimal15529150

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone600 C

Shades of light goldenrod yellow

#e2ee9b #d8e879 #cee256 #c4dd34 #aec722 #90a41c #728216 #535f10 #353d0a #171a04

Tints of light goldenrod yellow

#eff6c8 #f2f7d2 #f5f9dc #f8fbe6 #fbfcf0

Colors that go with light goldenrod yellow

Complementary#c6bef4 Analogous#f4e1be Analogous#d1f4be Triadic#beecf4 Triadic#f4beec Split complementary#bed1f4 Split complementary#e1bef4

Light goldenrod yellow in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 3, 0, 22, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecf4be on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 0 22 4

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 4 24 10

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Light goldenrod yellow in css

Copy #ecf4be straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecf4be; }
.text { color: #ecf4be; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecf4be; }

How light goldenrod yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light goldenrod yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #ecf4be against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecf4be against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light goldenrod yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ecf4be sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light goldenrod yellow? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light goldenrod yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ecf4be and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light goldenrod yellow, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ecf4be is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.