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#EDD8A7

#edd8a7 ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#edd8a7 is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 84.71% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 8.86% magenta, 29.54% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 42°, with 66.04% saturation and 79.22% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.98:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 2.47.

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Web safe#ffcc99
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Relative luminance0.6991

Complementary

  1. #edd8a7
  2. #a7bced

Split complementary

  1. #edd8a7
  2. #a7dfed
  3. #b5a7ed

Analogous

  1. #edb5a7
  2. #edd8a7
  3. #dfeda7

Triadic

  1. #edd8a7
  2. #a7edd8
  3. #d8a7ed

Tetradic

  1. #edd8a7
  2. #bceda7
  3. #a7bced
  4. #d8a7ed

Square

  1. #edd8a7
  2. #a7edb5
  3. #a7bced
  4. #eda7df

Monochromatic

  1. #d09f2b
  2. #e0bc68
  3. #edd8a7
  4. #faf4e7
  5. #fcf7ee

Shades

#edd8a7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #edd8a7
  2. #d5c296
  3. #bead86
  4. #a69775
  5. #8e8264
  6. #776c54
  7. #5f5643
  8. #474132
  9. #2f2b21
  10. #181611
  11. #000000

Tints

#edd8a7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #edd8a7
  2. #efdcb0
  3. #f1e0b9
  4. #f2e4c1
  5. #f4e8ca
  6. #f6ecd3
  7. #f8efdc
  8. #faf3e5
  9. #fbf7ed
  10. #fdfbf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#edd8a7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #edd8a7
  2. #e2cfa3
  3. #d7c69f
  4. #ccbe9b
  5. #c1b597
  6. #b7ac94
  7. #aca390
  8. #a19a8c
  9. #969288
  10. #8b8984
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e2d9c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4d6a4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e9dca8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8d0cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e7d7a5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ebdba8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4d3be ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-edd8a7 {
  color: #edd8a7;
}
Background
.bg-edd8a7 {
  background-color: #edd8a7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-edd8a7 {
  border: 2px solid #edd8a7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #edd8a7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 216 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 42 66% 79%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-edd8a7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edd8a7, #dfeda7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-edd8a7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 216 167 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 2.47 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 3.52 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 3.72 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 4.20 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 4.38 #fad6a5 Sunset ΔE 4.93 #faf0be Blond ΔE 6.12 #122758 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Wheat
#edd8a7  rgb(237, 216, 167)  hsl(42, 66%, 79%)  Wheat
#a7bced  rgb(167, 188, 237)  hsl(222, 66%, 79%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#a7edd8  rgb(167, 237, 216)  hsl(162, 66%, 79%)  Magic Mint
#d8a7ed  rgb(216, 167, 237)  hsl(282, 66%, 79%)  Mauve