HEX atlas value

#EDE5B6

#EDE5B6 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Wheat. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 237, 229, 182, HSL 51, 60%, 82%, has luminance 0.7742, and belongs to the balanced group.

yellow warm balanced

#EDE5B6 Sample readable text

HEX #EDE5B6

RGB rgb(237, 229, 182)

HSL hsl(51 60% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 3, 23, 7)

Luminance 0.7742

Contrast Black 16.48:1White 1.27:1

CSS

--color-ede5b6: #EDE5B6;
.background-ede5b6 { background-color: #EDE5B6; }
.text-ede5b6 { color: #EDE5B6; }

Luminance0.7742

Black text16.48:1AA Pass

White text1.27:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#EDE5B6","rgb":[237,229,182],"hsl":[51,60,82],"cmyk":[0,3,23,7],"luminance":0.7742,"contrast":{"black":16.48,"white":1.27}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.48,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.27,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F7EBAB","hex":"#F7EBAB","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.43,"contrastWhite":1.21,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Peach","hex":"#FFE5B4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.12,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Moccasin","hex":"#FFE4B5","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.02,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.76,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Wheat adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ede5b6.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/wheat.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-goldenrod.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vanilla.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B6BEED","analogous":["#EDC9B6","#D9EDB6"],"triadic":["#B6EDE4","#E4B6ED"],"tetradic":["#B6EDC9","#B6BEED","#EDB6D9"],"splitComplementary":["#B6D9ED","#C9B6ED"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EDE5B6","#DACA6C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#DACA6C","saturated":"#F7EBAB","desaturated":"#E3DDC0","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF7CC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"wheat","name":"Wheat","hex":"#F5DEB3","distance":11.045361017187261},{"slug":"pale-goldenrod","name":"Pale Goldenrod","hex":"#EEE8AA","distance":12.409673645990857},{"slug":"vanilla","name":"Vanilla","hex":"#F3E5AB","distance":12.529964086141668},{"slug":"moccasin","name":"Moccasin","hex":"#FFE4B5","distance":18.05547008526779},{"slug":"peach","name":"Peach","hex":"#FFE5B4","distance":18.110770276274835}]

HEX meaning and use

About #EDE5B6

#EDE5B6 is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #EDE5B6 is visually closest to Wheat, a named orange color with HEX #F5DEB3.

The RGB channels are 237, 229, and 182, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 51deg with 60% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.7742, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 11.05, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.48:1AA Pass

White text1.27:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EDE5B6 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.48:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.27:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#F7EBAB#000000 text · best 17.43:1#F7EBAB

Peach#000000 text · best 17.12:1#FFE5B4

Moccasin#000000 text · best 17.02:1#FFE4B5

Pale Goldenrod#000000 text · best 16.76:1#EEE8AA

Generated Palette

#EDE5B6#EDE5B6

#B6BEED#B6BEED

#EDC9B6#EDC9B6

#D9EDB6#D9EDB6

White#FFFFFF

#DACA6C#DACA6C

Color Harmonies

#B6BEED#B6BEED

#EDC9B6#EDC9B6

#D9EDB6#D9EDB6

#B6EDE4#B6EDE4

#E4B6ED#E4B6ED

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#DACA6C#DACA6C

#F7EBAB#F7EBAB

#E3DDC0#E3DDC0

White#FFFFFF

#FFF7CC#FFF7CC

Nearest Named Colors

Wheat#F5DEB3

Pale Goldenrod#EEE8AA

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Moccasin#FFE4B5

Peach#FFE5B4

#EDE5B6

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #EDE5B6

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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