Palettes / Colors / #EDE5BC

#EDE5BC — Pale Yellow

#EDE5BC is a yellow color we call Pale Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #EDE5BC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EDE5BC is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BBC3ED; it also sits naturally between #EDCBBB and #DCEDBB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 90% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 21% · Key 7%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #EDE5BC

.text { color: #EDE5BC; }
.background { background-color: #EDE5BC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDE5BC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 229, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(50, 58%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDE5BC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 229, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDE5BC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 229, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EDE5BC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EDE5BC">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BBC3ED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EDE5BC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDE5BC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #EDE5BC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EDE5BC rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDE5BC?

#EDE5BC is Pale Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 237, 229, 188). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDE5BC?

#EDE5BC is RGB 237, 229, 188 — HSL 50°, 58%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 3%, 21%, 7%.

What colors go with #EDE5BC?

Its complement is #BBC3ED; analogous partners are #EDCBBB and #DCEDBB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDE5BC for text?

Black text on #EDE5BC has a contrast ratio of 16.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.