#EDEDBC

sRGB: 237 / 237 / 188

Infinite horizons command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends illuminate forgotten empires
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#EDEDBC belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 237 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 60.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 57.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.3% 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 (17.44:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 237, 188
HSL: 60.00°, 57.65%, 83.33%
HSV / HSB: 60.00°, 20.68%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.00%, 20.68%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 74.283, 82.204, 59.532
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.665, -7.819, 23.823
WCAG relative luminance: 0.82204
24-bit decimal: 15592892

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 #EDEDBC 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: 17.44:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.20:1

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

#BCBCED sits half a turn (180°) from #EDEDBC 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.

#EDEDBC #BCBCED

Analogous

#EDD5BC and #D5EDBC sit 30° to either side of #EDEDBC. 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.

#EDD5BC #EDEDBC #D5EDBC

Triadic

#EDEDBC, #BCEDED and #EDBCED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EDEDBC #BCEDED #EDBCED

Split complementary

Start at #EDEDBC and look across the wheel. #BCD5ED and #D5BCED sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EDEDBC #BCD5ED #D5BCED

Square

Starting with #EDEDBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCEDD5, #BCBCED, then #EDBCD5. Across the square, #EDEDBC pairs with #BCBCED, and #BCEDD5 with #EDBCD5.

#EDEDBC #BCEDD5 #BCBCED #EDBCD5

Tetradic

#EDEDBC and #BCBCED are opposites, as are #BCEDBC and #EDBCED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EDEDBC #BCEDBC #BCBCED #EDBCED

Tints

Mixing #EDEDBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1F1C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFBF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EDEDBC #F1F1C9 #F4F4D7 #F8F8E4 #FBFBF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EDEDBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBE96, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2F26, the mixture is 80% black.

#EDEDBC #BEBE96 #8E8E71 #5F5F4B #2F2F26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EDEDBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7D7B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #96968C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EDEDBC #D7D7B0 #C1C1A4 #ACAC98 #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

#EDEDBC

RGB

rgb(237 237 188)

HSL

hsl(60.000 57.647% 83.333%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EDEDBC uses 237 red, 237 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 92.9%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EDEDBC is 0.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 20.7% yellow and 7.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 20.7%

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 #EDEDBC 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

#EDEDBC #E5E5C4 #DDDDCC #D5D5D5 #CCCCDD #C4C4E5 #BCBCED

Color vision previews

Compare how #EDEDBC 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.

#F6E9B9

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.

#F6EBBE

Tritanopia

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

#F4E7E0

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.

#F3EABB

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.

#F3EBBD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EFEBCA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EAEAEA

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 0.84687 B 0.50289

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 0.92941 G 0.92941 B 0.75711

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.84687 G 0.84687 B 0.53367

CIE xyY

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

x 0.344 y 0.381 Y 82.204

CMY

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

C % 7.059 M % 7.059 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11101101 11101101 10111100