What is hex #EDB287 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 93% red, 70% green and 53% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (237,178,135).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 25%, 43%, 7%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #EDB287 features a hue of 25°, 43% saturation, and a brightness value of 93%.

Hex #EDB287 Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (237,178,135)
CMYK Values (0%, 25%, 43%, 7%)
HSV/HSB Values (25°, 43%, 93%)
Closest Web Safe
#FF9999
Inverse Color
#124D78
Closest Pantone®
720 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1001 [Beige]
Complementary Color
#87C2ED

#EDB287 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#B7B7B7
Lightness (Desaturation)
#BABABA
Weighted (BT601)
#BFBFBF
Luma (BT709)
#BBBBBB

Hex #EDB287 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #EDB287 is #87C2ED. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #EDB287 you will find #87C2ED. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#EDB287 #87C2ED

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #EDB287 is composed with colors #ED878F and #EDE587. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #EDB287 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#ED878F #EDB287 #EDE587

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #EDB287 is composed with colors #878FED and #87EDE5. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#EDB287 #878FED #87EDE5

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #EDB287 is composed with colors #B287ED and #87EDB2. They are located to the right and left of your main color #EDB287 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#EDB287 #B287ED #87EDB2

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #EDB287 is composed with colors #87EDB2, #87C2ED and #ED87C2 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#EDB287 #87EDB2 #87C2ED #ED87C2

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #EDB287 is composed with colors #8FED87, #87C2ED and #E587ED To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#EDB287 #8FED87 #87C2ED #E587ED

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #EDB287

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #EDB287.

#EDB287 #EFBD98 #F2C8AA #F4D4BC #F7DFCD #FAEADF #FCF6F1 #FFFFFF

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#EDB287 #E6B38D #DFB494 #D8B59B #D1B6A2 #CBB7A8 #C4B8AF #BDB9B6

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#EDB287 #EAA675 #E79B63 #E58F51 #E28440 #DF792E #D96E20 #C7651D

Hex #EDB287 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #EDB287
Java new Color(237,178,135);
Python Color(#EDB287)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 237,178,135);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.93, green: 0.7, blue: 0.53, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(237, 178, 135)