#ededcb

Color #ededcb

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2 · ΔE 5.26 Nearest Tailwind class amber-100 #fef3c6 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#ededcb

RGB

rgb(237, 237, 203)

HSL

hsl(60, 48.6%, 86.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 14.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 14.3%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(92.96, -5.62, 16.51)

LCH

lch(92.96, 17.44, 108.8)

OKLCH

oklch(93.7%, 0.0446, 107.22)

HWB

hwb(60, 79.6%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbcbed

Analogous

#eddccb

#ededcb

#dcedcb

Triadic

#ededcb

#cbeded

#edcbed

Split-complementary

#ededcb

#cbdced

#dccbed

Tetradic

#ededcb

#cbedcb

#cbcbed

#edcbed

Square

#ededcb

#cbeddc

#cbcbed

#edcbdc

Shades

Color #ededcb mixed toward black.

#dada95

#c7c75e

#a4a439

#6d6d26

#373713

Tints

Color #ededcb mixed toward white.

#f0f0d4

#f3f3dc

#f6f6e5

#f9f9ee

#fcfcf6

Tones

Color #ededcb mixed toward gray.

#eaeace

#e7e7d1

#e5e5d4

#e2e2d6

#dfdfd9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ededd4 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#ededd6 · ΔE 3.5

Tritanopia

#eddbdc · ΔE 19.7

Achromatopsia

#ebebeb · ΔE 13.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ededcb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ededcb]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ededcb (#ededcb) is rgb(237, 237, 203) in RGB.

No, #ededcb 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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