#e2e4a1

Color #e2e4a1

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 4.5 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e2e4a1

RGB

rgb(226, 228, 161)

HSL

hsl(61.8, 55.4%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.8, 29.4%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 29.4%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(89.03, -10.99, 32.57)

LCH

lch(89.03, 34.37, 108.65)

OKLCH

oklch(90.2%, 0.0862, 109.44)

HWB

hwb(61.8, 63.1%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3a1e4

Analogous

#e4c5a1

#e2e4a1

#c1e4a1

Triadic

#e2e4a1

#a1e2e4

#e4a1e2

Split-complementary

#e2e4a1

#a1c1e4

#c5a1e4

Tetradic

#e2e4a1

#a1e4a3

#a3a1e4

#e4a1e2

Square

#e2e4a1

#a1e4c5

#a3a1e4

#e4a1c1

Shades

Color #e2e4a1 mixed toward black.

#d2d66f

#c3c73c

#94972b

#63651d

#31320e

Tints

Color #e2e4a1 mixed toward white.

#e7e9b1

#ecedc0

#f1f2d0

#f5f6e0

#fafbef

Tones

Color #e2e4a1 mixed toward gray.

#dddea7

#d8d9ac

#d2d3b2

#cdceb7

#c8c8bd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e3e3b4 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#e3e3b8 · ΔE 5.4

Tritanopia

#e2c2c5 · ΔE 30.4

Achromatopsia

#e0e0e0 · ΔE 19.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e2e4a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2e4a1]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e2e4a1 (#e2e4a1) is rgb(226, 228, 161) in RGB.

No, #e2e4a1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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