#EDD693 · Wheat

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#EDD693 is a light, moderately saturated beige color, closest to Wheat and near Wheat and Vanilla. In OKLCH it has 88% lightness and 0.09 chroma at hue 91°. Beige suggests quiet warmth and neutrality; it is the go-to background for organic and luxury brands, which makes #EDD693 a natural choice for backgrounds for interiors, fashion and minimal sites. It appears in 4 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#EDD693
RGBrgb(237, 214, 147)
HSLhsl(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK0, 10, 38, 7
CSS var--wheat
Contrast1.43:1 white · 14.64:1 black

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How to use #EDD693

Black text passes WCAG AA on #EDD693 (14.64:1); white text does not (1.43:1).

For a calm scheme pair #EDD693 with its analogous neighbors #EDA992 and #D6ED92; for contrast use its complement #92A9ED as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--wheat: #EDD693;

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