#ededcd

Color #ededcd

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Beige #f5f5dc · ΔE 4.7 Nearest Tailwind class lime-50 #f7fee7 · ΔE 5.1

Open in Palette generator Color wheel Color mixer Contrast checker Blindness simulator Gradient

Conversions

HEX

#ededcd

RGB

rgb(237, 237, 205)

HSL

hsl(60, 47.1%, 86.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 13.5%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 13.5%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(93.01, -5.31, 15.54)

LCH

lch(93.01, 16.42, 108.87)

OKLCH

oklch(93.8%, 0.0421, 107.14)

HWB

hwb(60, 80.4%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cdcded

Analogous

#edddcd

#ededcd

#ddedcd

Triadic

#ededcd

#cdeded

#edcded

Split-complementary

#ededcd

#cddded

#ddcded

Tetradic

#ededcd

#cdedcd

#cdcded

#edcded

Square

#ededcd

#cdeddd

#cdcded

#edcddd

Shades

Color #ededcd mixed toward black.

#dada97

#c6c661

#a3a33a

#6c6c27

#363613

Tints

Color #ededcd mixed toward white.

#f0f0d5

#f3f3de

#f6f6e6

#f9f9ee

#fcfcf7

Tones

Color #ededcd mixed toward gray.

#eaead0

#e8e8d2

#e5e5d5

#e2e2d8

#e0e0da

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ededd5 · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#ededd7 · ΔE 3.2

Tritanopia

#eddcdd · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#ebebeb · ΔE 12.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ededcd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ededcd]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ededcd (#ededcd) is rgb(237, 237, 205) in RGB.

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

Related tools

Colors

HEX to RGB Converter

Convert any HEX color code to its RGB and HSL equivalents, live, with copy-to-clipboard values.

Try it → Accessibility

Contrast Checker

Check the WCAG contrast ratio between any two colors, live, with AA/AAA pass-fail results.

Try it → Generators

Palette Generator

Generate complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary, tetradic, square, and monochromatic palettes from any base color.

Try it →

Build something with this color

Generate a full palette from #ededcd, or check how it holds up for accessibility.

Generate a palette → Check contrast