HEX atlas value

#EDEDDE

#EDEDDE is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Alabaster. RGB 237, 237, 222, HSL 60° 29% 90%, luminance 0.8385; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm light

#EDEDDE Sample readable text

HEX #EDEDDE

RGB rgb(237, 237, 222)

HSL hsl(60 29% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 6, 7)

Luminance 0.8385

Contrast Black 17.77:1White 1.18:1

CSS

--color-ededde: #EDEDDE;
.background-ededde { background-color: #EDEDDE; }
.text-ededde { color: #EDEDDE; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EDEDDE

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

The RGB channels are 237, 237, and 222, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 60deg 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 0.8385, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 3.61, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.77:1AA Pass

White text1.18:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

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

Black text#00000017.77:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.18:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Beige#F5F5DC · #000000 text · best 18.98:1 #F3F3D8#F3F3D8 · #000000 text · best 18.62:1 Marble White#F2F0E6 · #000000 text · best 18.38:1 #E6EDDE#E6EDDE · #000000 text · best 17.53:1

Generated Palette

#EDEDDE#EDEDDE

#DEDEED#DEDEED

#EDE6DE#EDE6DE

#E6EDDE#E6EDDE

White#FFFFFF

#CCCCA3#CCCCA3

Color Harmonies

#DEDEED#DEDEED

#EDE6DE#EDE6DE

#E6EDDE#E6EDDE

#DEEDED#DEEDED

#EDDEED#EDDEED

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#CCCCA3#CCCCA3

#F3F3D8#F3F3D8

#E7E7E4#E7E7E4

White#FFFFFF

#FFFFF5#FFFFF5

Nearest Named Colors

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Marble White#F2F0E6

Beige#F5F5DC

Platinum#E5E4E2

Luminance0.8385

Black text17.77:1AA Pass

White text1.18:1AA 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":"#EDEDDE","rgb":[237,237,222],"hsl":[60,29,90],"cmyk":[0,0,6,7],"luminance":0.8385,"contrast":{"black":17.77,"white":1.18}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.77,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.18,"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":"Beige","hex":"#F5F5DC","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.98,"contrastWhite":1.11,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F3F3D8","hex":"#F3F3D8","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.62,"contrastWhite":1.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.38,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E6EDDE","hex":"#E6EDDE","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.53,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","light","light yellow","Alabaster adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ededde.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/eggshell.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/marble-white.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#DEDEED","analogous":["#EDE6DE","#E6EDDE"],"triadic":["#DEEDED","#EDDEED"],"tetradic":["#DEEDE6","#DEDEED","#EDDEE6"],"splitComplementary":["#DEE6ED","#E6DEED"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EDEDDE","#CCCCA3"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#CCCCA3","saturated":"#F3F3D8","desaturated":"#E7E7E4","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFF5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":3.605551275463989},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":9.055385138137417},{"slug":"marble-white","name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","distance":9.899494936611665},{"slug":"beige","name":"Beige","hex":"#F5F5DC","distance":11.489125293076057},{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":12.68857754044952}]

#EDEDDE

CSS

About #EDEDDE

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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