Yellow Wax Pepper Color

#ede5b7

Yellow Wax Pepper is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan

Inverse Color #121a48
Complementary Color #b6beed
Color Shade: warm yellow (51.11° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 82.35% (better contrasting with black)
Yellow Wax Pepper Color Sample
Yellow Wax Pepper Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ede5b7

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Yellow Wax Pepper Color. The Spice Ivory color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Confection (#f4ecda) for more calm effect. Try Tibetan Jasmine as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b6beed is the best complementary color to Yellow Wax Pepper. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ede5b7 complementary color is Spindle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Chamois are #edcab6 and #d9edb6. Thus found on the left and right of #ede5b7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Just Right and Caper colors as they work well with Yellow Wax Pepper.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Yellow Wax Pepper palette consists of #c9b6ed and #b6d9ed colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b6beed). Try Biloba Flower and Spindle colors in combination with #ede5b7, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #ede5b7 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Yellow Wax Pepper. Thus French Lilac and Cruise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Yellow Wax Pepper contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Spindle, Madang, and Kobi split by 90° on the color wheel. #ede5b7 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Yellow Wax Pepper tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#b6beed) and two others. The Cruise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Beauty Bush – 120° from the complementary Spindle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b6ede5 and #edb6be.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ede5b7 is made of 37% red, 35% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Yellow Wax Pepper has a hue angle of 51.11°, a saturation of 60% and a lightness of 82.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ede5b7 is made of 0% cyan, 3.14% magenta, 21.18% yellow and 7.06% black ink.

HEX #ede5b7
RGB Decimal rgb(237,229,183)
RGB Percentage 37%, 35%, 28%
CMYK 0, 3.14, 21.18, 7.06
HSL hsl(51.11,60%,82.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(51.11,22.78%,92.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(90.5339,-4.4796,23.4543)
XYZ xyz(71.4916,77.462,55.9834)
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