Information about #EDE68C color

#EDE68C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #EDE68C belongs to the Yellow Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(237, 230, 140) (92.9% red, 90.2% green, 54.9% blue), or CMYK 0 / 3 / 38 / 7 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#EDE68C presents itself as a vivid, lively yellow — one that floats near the light end of the scale. It is a natural fit for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Sahara Sand (#F1E788). Nearby in the Register you will also find Dark Ivory (#F2E58F) and Moonbeam (#F2E289).

In RGB terms — rgb(237, 230, 140) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #EDE68C background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 16.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #EDE68C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#EDE68C color variations

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

#EDE68C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#EDE68C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#EDE68C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#EDE68C 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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#EDE68C 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 #EDE68C

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

Sahara Sand color link
Sahara Sand

#F1E788

Dark Ivory color link
Dark Ivory

#F2E58F

Moonbeam color link
Moonbeam

#F2E289

Warm Yellow color link
Warm Yellow

#F4E98C

Flavescent color link
Flavescent

#F7E98E

Primrose color link
Primrose

#E4DE8E

Cool Yellow color link
Cool Yellow

#ECEA98

Texas color link
Texas

#ECE67E

Flax color link
Flax

#EEDC82

Key Lime color link
Key Lime

#E8F48C

Hathaway color link
Hathaway

#F7DE94

Picasso color link
Picasso

#F8EA97

#EDE68C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EDE68C
  • RGB237, 230, 140
  • CMYK0, 3, 38, 7
  • CSSrgb(237, 230, 140)
  • HSL56°, 73%, 74%
  • HSL Precise55.67°, 72.932%, 73.922%
  • HSV56°, 41%, 93%
  • HSB56°, 41%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.929
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.902
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.549
  • GLSLvec3(0.929, 0.902, 0.549)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.929, 0.902, 0.549, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.929, 0.902, 0.549)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB92.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB90.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB54.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDEDE68C
  • DECIMAL ID15591052
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers30 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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