HEX atlas value

#EDE5DE

#EDE5DE is a warm orange HEX color nearest Alabaster. RGB 237, 229, 222, HSL 28° 29% 90%, luminance 0.7932; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm light

#EDE5DE Sample readable text

HEX #EDE5DE

RGB rgb(237, 229, 222)

HSL hsl(28 29% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 3, 6, 7)

Luminance 0.7932

Contrast Black 16.86:1White 1.25:1

CSS

--color-ede5de: #EDE5DE;
.background-ede5de { background-color: #EDE5DE; }
.text-ede5de { color: #EDE5DE; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EDE5DE

#EDE5DE is classified as a warm orange value with light visual character. #EDE5DE is visually closest to Alabaster, a named yellow color with HEX #EDEAE0.

The RGB channels are 237, 229, and 222, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 28deg with 29% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.7932, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 5.39, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.86:1AA Pass

White text1.25:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EDE5DE needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.86:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.25:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #EDECDE#EDECDE · #000000 text · best 17.65:1 Mercury#EBEBEB · #000000 text · best 17.62:1 Alabaster#EDEAE0 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1 Eggshell#F0EAD6 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1

Generated Palette

#EDE5DE#EDE5DE

#DEE6ED#DEE6ED

#EDDEDF#EDDEDF

#EDECDE#EDECDE

White#FFFFFF

#CCB6A3#CCB6A3

Color Harmonies

#DEE6ED#DEE6ED

#EDDEDF#EDDEDF

#EDECDE#EDECDE

#DEEDE5#DEEDE5

#E5DEED#E5DEED

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#CCB6A3#CCB6A3

#F3E5D8#F3E5D8

#E7E5E4#E7E5E4

White#FFFFFF

#FFFAF5#FFFAF5

Nearest Named Colors

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Platinum#E5E4E2

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Parchment#F1E9D2

Mercury#EBEBEB

Luminance0.7932

Black text16.86:1AA Pass

White text1.25:1AA 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":"#EDE5DE","rgb":[237,229,222],"hsl":[28,29,90],"cmyk":[0,3,6,7],"luminance":0.7932,"contrast":{"black":16.86,"white":1.25}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.86,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.25,"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":"#EDECDE","hex":"#EDECDE","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.65,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.62,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","light","light orange","Alabaster adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ede5de.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/eggshell.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#DEE6ED","analogous":["#EDDEDF","#EDECDE"],"triadic":["#DEEDE5","#E5DEED"],"tetradic":["#DFEDDE","#DEE6ED","#ECDEED"],"splitComplementary":["#DEEDEC","#DEDFED"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EDE5DE","#CCB6A3"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#CCB6A3","saturated":"#F3E5D8","desaturated":"#E7E5E4","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFAF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":5.385164807134504},{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":9},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":9.899494936611665},{"slug":"parchment","name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","distance":13.2664991614216},{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":14.45683229480096}]

#EDE5DE

CSS

About #EDE5DE

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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