Futon #EDF6DB

Futon (#EDF6DB) is a near-white, muted yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 122°, lightness 0.96 and chroma 0.037. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.

Color values

HEX#EDF6DB
RGBrgb(237, 246, 219)
HSLhsl(80, 60%, 91%)
HSVhsv(80, 11%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 0%, 11%, 4%)
CIE Lablab(95.6 -7.6 12)
OKLCHoklch(0.959 0.037 122)

How Futon behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Futon shifts subtly: drifts toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward green. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Futon in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 1.12:1 and against black 18.81:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Futon

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#edf6db · #c5cdb5 · #9ea690 · #79806d · #565c4b · #363a2c

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#edf6db · #e3e1aa · #dbc997 · #d0b289 · #c29b7e · #b28776

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#edf6db · #99b9af · #8b996d · #3f8371 · #525d37 · #24443b

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#edf6db · #cbd0c0 · #a6af93 · #7d6a99 · #474e37 · #2b3021

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#edf6db · #d5d2da · #92968c · #5a585d · #23261c · #010102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#edf6db · #c7cbbf · #999e91 · #202515 · #020400 · #b4d35a

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#edf6db · #d6d1e1 · #9b8cb4 · #614f7c · #2b1c3e · #010100

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#edf6db · #d6d1e1 · #8793ba · #72496c · #1a2143 · #030003

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#edf6db · #c8d6e2 · #7499b6 · #7c4756 · #3d1522 · #000510

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#edf6db · #c4d8dd · #689faa · #614f7c · #3e170f · #020006

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#EEF6DE · #EFF6E2 · #F0F6E5 · #F1F6E8 · #F3F6EC

Shades

#C0C8B0 · #969D87 · #6D7361 · #474C3C · #24281B

Muted

#EEF5E0 · #EFF4E5 · #F0F3E9

Using Futon

Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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