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#EEDCB5

#eedcb5 ≈ Wheat

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#eedcb5 is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 86.27% green and 70.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 7.56% magenta, 23.95% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 41.05°, with 62.64% saturation and 82.16% 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 15.54:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wheat (#f5deb3), ΔE 1.9.

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Relative luminance0.727

Complementary

  1. #eedcb5
  2. #b5c7ee

Split complementary

  1. #eedcb5
  2. #b5e4ee
  3. #c0b5ee

Analogous

  1. #eec0b5
  2. #eedcb5
  3. #e4eeb5

Triadic

  1. #eedcb5
  2. #b5eedc
  3. #dcb5ee

Tetradic

  1. #eedcb5
  2. #c7eeb5
  3. #b5c7ee
  4. #dcb5ee

Square

  1. #eedcb5
  2. #b5eec0
  3. #b5c7ee
  4. #eeb5e4

Monochromatic

  1. #d1a139
  2. #e0bf77
  3. #eedcb5
  4. #fbf7ee
  5. #fbf7ee

Shades

#eedcb5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eedcb5
  2. #d6c6a3
  3. #beb091
  4. #a79a7f
  5. #8f846d
  6. #776e5b
  7. #5f5848
  8. #474236
  9. #302c24
  10. #181612
  11. #000000

Tints

#eedcb5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eedcb5
  2. #f0e0bc
  3. #f1e3c4
  4. #f3e7cb
  5. #f5ead3
  6. #f7eeda
  7. #f8f1e1
  8. #faf5e9
  9. #fcf8f0
  10. #fdfcf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eedcb5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eedcb5
  2. #e3d3b0
  3. #d8caaa
  4. #cdc0a5
  5. #c2b7a0
  6. #b7ae9b
  7. #aca595
  8. #a19c90
  9. #96928b
  10. #8b8985
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4ddcf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e6dbb3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #eae0b6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f8d5d1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9dbb4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ecdeb6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f4d8c7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eedcb5 {
  color: #eedcb5;
}
Background
.bg-eedcb5 {
  background-color: #eedcb5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eedcb5 {
  border: 2px solid #eedcb5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eedcb5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 220 181;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 63% 82%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eedcb5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eedcb5, #e4eeb5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eedcb5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 220 181 / 0.35);
}

#f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 1.90 #ffe4b5 Moccasin ΔE 3.77 #ffe5b4 Peach ΔE 3.83 #ffebcd Blanched Almond ΔE 4.82 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 4.90 #ffdead Navajo White ΔE 4.99 #f7e7ce Champagne ΔE 5.06 #11234a Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Wheat
#eedcb5  rgb(238, 220, 181)  hsl(41, 63%, 82%)  Wheat
#b5c7ee  rgb(181, 199, 238)  hsl(221, 63%, 82%)  Light Steel Blue
#b5eedc  rgb(181, 238, 220)  hsl(161, 63%, 82%)  Magic Mint
#dcb5ee  rgb(220, 181, 238)  hsl(281, 63%, 82%)  Mauve