#EDEDCE

sRGB: 237 / 237 / 206

Infinite horizons command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits transcend the limits of dreams

#EDEDCE belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 237 green and 206 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 46.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.9% 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 (17.61:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 237, 206
HSL: 60.00°, 46.27%, 86.86%
HSV / HSB: 60.00°, 13.08%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.00%, 13.08%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.347, 83.029, 70.399
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.027, -5.156, 15.049
WCAG relative luminance: 0.83029
24-bit decimal: 15592910

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 #EDEDCE 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: 17.61:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.19:1

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

#CECEED sits half a turn (180°) from #EDEDCE 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.

#EDEDCE #CECEED

Analogous

#EDDECE and #DEEDCE sit 30° to either side of #EDEDCE. 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.

#EDDECE #EDEDCE #DEEDCE

Triadic

#EDEDCE, #CEEDED and #EDCEED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EDEDCE #CEEDED #EDCEED

Split complementary

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

#EDEDCE #CEDEED #DECEED

Square

Starting with #EDEDCE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CEEDDE, #CECEED, then #EDCEDE. Across the square, #EDEDCE pairs with #CECEED, and #CEEDDE with #EDCEDE.

#EDEDCE #CEEDDE #CECEED #EDCEDE

Tetradic

#EDEDCE and #CECEED are opposites, as are #CEEDCE and #EDCEED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EDEDCE #CEEDCE #CECEED #EDCEED

Tints

Mixing #EDEDCE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1F1D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFBF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#EDEDCE #F1F1D8 #F4F4E2 #F8F8EB #FBFBF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EDEDCE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBEA5, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2F29, the mixture is 80% black.

#EDEDCE #BEBEA5 #8E8E7C #5F5F52 #2F2F29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EDEDCE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7D7BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #969690, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EDEDCE #D7D7BE #C1C1AF #ACAC9F #969690 #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

#EDEDCE

RGB

rgb(237 237 206)

HSL

hsl(60.000 46.269% 86.863%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EDEDCE uses 237 red, 237 green and 206 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 92.9%

Blue 80.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EDEDCE is 0.0% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 13.1% 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 13.1%

Black 7.1%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#EDEDCE #E8E8D3 #E3E3D8 #DEDEDE #D8D8E3 #D3D3E8 #CECEED

Color vision previews

Compare how #EDEDCE 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.

#F3EACC

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.

#F3ECCF

Tritanopia

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

#F2E9E4

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.

#F1EBCD

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.

#F1ECCF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EEECD6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EBEBEB

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.

#ECECDD

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 0.61721

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 0.81970

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.84687 G 0.84687 B 0.63776

CIE xyY

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

x 0.332 y 0.361 Y 83.029

CMY

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

C % 7.059 M % 7.059 Y % 19.216

Binary RGB

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

11101101 11101101 11001110