Information about #EDCD74 color

#EDCD74 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#EDCD74 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(237, 205, 116) — 92.9% red, 80.4% green, 45.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 13 / 47 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#EDCD74 is a strongly colored amber-leaning orange that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Warm Sun (#F1CD6C). Slightly further away sit Golden Sand (#EACE6A) and Soft Orange (#F5CA7B).

The recipe behind #EDCD74 is rgb(237, 205, 116), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 13.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #EDCD74 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#EDCD74 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#EDCD74 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#EDCD74 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#EDCD74 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#EDCD74 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#EDCD74 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #EDCD74

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Warm Sun color link
Warm Sun

#F1CD6C

Golden Sand color link
Golden Sand

#EACE6A

Soft Orange color link
Soft Orange

#F5CA7B

Pastel Gold color link
Pastel Gold

#E7D27C

Sand color link
Sand

#E2CA76

Wild Rice color link
Wild Rice

#E3D474

Arylide Yellow color link
Arylide Yellow

#E9D66B

Marzipan color link
Marzipan

#EBC881

Sandy color link
Sandy

#F1DA7A

Pastel Deep Gold color link
Pastel Deep Gold

#E5C768

Pastel Amber color link
Pastel Amber

#F8C57C

Straw color link
Straw

#E4D96F

#EDCD74 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EDCD74
  • RGB237, 205, 116
  • CMYK0, 13, 47, 7
  • CSSrgb(237, 205, 116)
  • HSL44°, 77%, 69%
  • HSL Precise44.132°, 77.07%, 69.216%
  • HSV44°, 51%, 93%
  • HSB44°, 51%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.804
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • GLSLvec3(0.929, 0.804, 0.455)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.929, 0.804, 0.455, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.929, 0.804, 0.455)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB92.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB80.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.5%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDEDCD74
  • DECIMAL ID15584628
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited1 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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