#e1e1a5

Color #e1e1a5

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 3.83 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 5.7

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Conversions

HEX

#e1e1a5

RGB

rgb(225, 225, 165)

HSL

hsl(60, 50%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 26.7%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.7%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(88.24, -9.34, 29.46)

LCH

lch(88.24, 30.91, 107.59)

OKLCH

oklch(89.5%, 0.0778, 107.9)

HWB

hwb(60, 64.7%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a5e1

Analogous

#e1c3a5

#e1e1a5

#c3e1a5

Triadic

#e1e1a5

#a5e1e1

#e1a5e1

Split-complementary

#e1e1a5

#a5c3e1

#c3a5e1

Tetradic

#e1e1a5

#a5e1a5

#a5a5e1

#e1a5e1

Square

#e1e1a5

#a5e1c3

#a5a5e1

#e1a5c3

Shades

Color #e1e1a5 mixed toward black.

#d1d174

#c1c144

#929231

#626221

#313110

Tints

Color #e1e1a5 mixed toward white.

#e6e6b4

#ebebc3

#f0f0d2

#f5f5e1

#fafaf0

Tones

Color #e1e1a5 mixed toward gray.

#dcdcaa

#d7d7af

#d2d2b4

#cdcdb9

#c8c8be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e1e1b6 · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#e1e1ba · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#e1c2c5 · ΔE 29.1

Achromatopsia

#dddddd · ΔE 18.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e1e1a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e1e1a5]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e1e1a5 (#e1e1a5) is rgb(225, 225, 165) in RGB.

No, #e1e1a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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