Tender Yellow Color

#ededb7

Tender Yellow 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 #121248
Complementary Color #b6b6ed
Color Shade: warm yellow (60° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 82.35% (better contrasting with black)
Tender Yellow Color Sample
Tender Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ededb7

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Tender Yellow Color. The Lemon Splash color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Honey Yogurt Popsicles (#f3f0d9) for more calm effect. Try Cream Filling as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#b6b6ed is the best complementary color to Tender Yellow. 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 #ededb7 complementary color is Biloba Flower, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of orange, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Fall Green are #edd2b6 and #d2edb6. Thus found on the left and right of #ededb7 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Just Right and Caper colors as they work well with Tender Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Tender Yellow palette consists of #d1b6ed and #b6d1ed colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b6b6ed). Try Biloba Flower and Spindle colors in combination with #ededb7, 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 #ededb7 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 Tender Yellow. Thus Light Orchid and Cruise giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Tender Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Biloba Flower, Cruise, and Kobi split by 90° on the color wheel. #ededb7 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, green cyan, 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. Tender Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#b6b6ed) and two others. The Cruise is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Beauty Bush – 120° from the complementary Biloba Flower. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b6eded and #edb6b6.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ededb7 is made of 36% red, 36% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Tender Yellow has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 60% and a lightness of 82.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ededb7 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 21.18% yellow and 7.06% black ink.

HEX #ededb7
RGB Decimal rgb(237,237,183)
RGB Percentage 36%, 36%, 28%
CMYK 0, 0, 21.18, 7.06
HSL hsl(60,60%,82.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(60,22.78%,92.94%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.5712,-8.5094,26.25)
XYZ xyz(73.7565,81.9918,56.7384)
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