#e1e4ae

Color #e1e4ae

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 5.73 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e1e4ae

RGB

rgb(225, 228, 174)

HSL

hsl(63.3, 50%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.3, 23.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 23.7%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(89.18, -9.64, 26.1)

LCH

lch(89.18, 27.82, 110.27)

OKLCH

oklch(90.3%, 0.0705, 110.34)

HWB

hwb(63.3, 68.2%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1aee4

Analogous

#e4ccae

#e1e4ae

#c6e4ae

Triadic

#e1e4ae

#aee1e4

#e4aee1

Split-complementary

#e1e4ae

#aec6e4

#ccaee4

Tetradic

#e1e4ae

#aee4b1

#b1aee4

#e4aee1

Square

#e1e4ae

#aee4cc

#b1aee4

#e4aec6

Shades

Color #e1e4ae mixed toward black.

#ced37c

#bcc249

#919732

#616421

#303211

Tints

Color #e1e4ae mixed toward white.

#e6e8bb

#ebedc9

#f0f1d6

#f5f6e4

#fafaf1

Tones

Color #e1e4ae mixed toward gray.

#dddfb2

#d9dbb7

#d5d6bb

#d1d2c0

#cdcdc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e2e2bd · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#e2e2c0 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#e1c8ca · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#e0e0e0 · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e1e4ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e1e4ae]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e1e4ae (#e1e4ae) is rgb(225, 228, 174) in RGB.

No, #e1e4ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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