#e1e8a5

Color #e1e8a5

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 5.67 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#e1e8a5

RGB

rgb(225, 232, 165)

HSL

hsl(66.3, 59.3%, 77.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.3, 28.9%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 0%, 28.9%, 9%)

LAB

lab(90.06, -12.84, 31.9)

LCH

lch(90.06, 34.39, 111.93)

OKLCH

oklch(91%, 0.0867, 113.02)

HWB

hwb(66.3, 64.7%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aca5e8

Analogous

#e8cda5

#e1e8a5

#bfe8a5

Triadic

#e1e8a5

#a5e1e8

#e8a5e1

Split-complementary

#e1e8a5

#a5bfe8

#cda5e8

Tetradic

#e1e8a5

#a5e8ac

#aca5e8

#e8a5e1

Square

#e1e8a5

#a5e8cd

#aca5e8

#e8a5bf

Shades

Color #e1e8a5 mixed toward black.

#cfdb70

#becd3b

#929e28

#61691b

#31350d

Tints

Color #e1e8a5 mixed toward white.

#e6ecb4

#ebf0c3

#f0f3d2

#f5f7e1

#fafbf0

Tones

Color #e1e8a5 mixed toward gray.

#dce2aa

#d8ddb0

#d4d7b6

#cfd2bb

#cbccc1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e4b8 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#e4e3bc · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#e1c6c9 · ΔE 30.3

Achromatopsia

#e3e3e3 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e1e8a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e1e8a5]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e1e8a5 (#e1e8a5) is rgb(225, 232, 165) in RGB.

No, #e1e8a5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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