#ede48e

Color #ede48e

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 2.09 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ede48e

RGB

rgb(237, 228, 142)

HSL

hsl(54.3, 72.5%, 74.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(54.3, 40.1%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 40.1%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(89.6, -8.97, 43.02)

LCH

lch(89.6, 43.95, 101.78)

OKLCH

oklch(90.7%, 0.1076, 103.11)

HWB

hwb(54.3, 55.7%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e97ed

Analogous

#edb48e

#ede48e

#c6ed8e

Triadic

#ede48e

#8eede4

#e48eed

Split-complementary

#ede48e

#8ec6ed

#b48eed

Tetradic

#ede48e

#97ed8e

#8e97ed

#e48eed

Square

#ede48e

#8eedb4

#8e97ed

#ed8ec6

Shades

Color #ede48e mixed toward black.

#e4d757

#dac823

#a3961a

#6d6411

#363209

Tints

Color #ede48e mixed toward white.

#f0e8a1

#f3edb4

#f6f1c6

#f9f6d9

#fcfaec

Tones

Color #ede48e mixed toward gray.

#e5de96

#ddd79e

#d5d1a6

#cdcaae

#c5c4b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e9e9a8 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#eaeaae · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#edbabd · ΔE 33.6

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ede48e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ede48e]

Related colors

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Gold #ffd700

Ivory #fffff0

Frequently asked questions

#ede48e (#ede48e) is rgb(237, 228, 142) in RGB.

No, #ede48e 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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