#EDECBE

sRGB: 237 / 236 / 190

Infinite horizons command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#EDECBE belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 236 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 58.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 56.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.34:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 236, 190
HSL: 58.72°, 56.63%, 83.73%
HSV / HSB: 58.72°, 19.83%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.42%, 19.83%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 74.212, 81.713, 60.580
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.448, -7.034, 22.496
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81713
24-bit decimal: 15592638

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EDECBE in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.34:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.21:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BEBFED sits half a turn (180°) from #EDECBE on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EDECBE #BEBFED

Analogous

#EDD5BE and #D7EDBE sit 30° to either side of #EDECBE. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#EDD5BE #EDECBE #D7EDBE

Triadic

#EDECBE, #BEEDEC and #ECBEED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EDECBE #BEEDEC #ECBEED

Split complementary

Start at #EDECBE and look across the wheel. #BED7ED and #D4BEED sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EDECBE #BED7ED #D4BEED

Square

Starting with #EDECBE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BEEDD5, #BEBFED, then #EDBED7. Across the square, #EDECBE pairs with #BEBFED, and #BEEDD5 with #EDBED7.

#EDECBE #BEEDD5 #BEBFED #EDBED7

Tetradic

#EDECBE and #BEBFED are opposites, as are #BFEDBE and #ECBEED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EDECBE #BFEDBE #BEBFED #ECBEED

Tints

Mixing #EDECBE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1F0CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFBF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EDECBE #F1F0CB #F4F4D8 #F8F7E5 #FBFBF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EDECBE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBD98, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2F26, the mixture is 80% black.

#EDECBE #BEBD98 #8E8E72 #5F5E4C #2F2F26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EDECBE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7D6B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #96968C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EDECBE #D7D6B2 #C1C1A5 #ACAB99 #96968C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EDECBE

RGB

rgb(237 236 190)

HSL

hsl(58.723 56.627% 83.725%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EDECBE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EDECBE uses 237 red, 236 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 92.5%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EDECBE is 0.0% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 19.8% yellow and 7.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.4%

Yellow 19.8%

Black 7.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EEB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EDECBE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEBB Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#EDECBE #E5E5C6 #DDDDCE #D6D6D6 #CECEDD #C6C7E5 #BEBFED

Color vision previews

Compare how #EDECBE appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F4E8BB

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#F5EAC0

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#F4E6DF

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F2EABD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F3EBBF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EFEACB

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E9E9E9

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#EBEBD5

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.84687 G 0.83880 B 0.51492

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.92872 G 0.92562 B 0.76365

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.84544 G 0.83907 B 0.54404

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.343 y 0.377 Y 81.713

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 7.059 M % 7.451 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101101 11101100 10111110