#e4e4a0

Color #e4e4a0

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 4.28 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#e4e4a0

RGB

rgb(228, 228, 160)

HSL

hsl(60, 55.7%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 29.8%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 29.8%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(89.17, -10.36, 33.29)

LCH

lch(89.17, 34.86, 107.29)

OKLCH

oklch(90.3%, 0.0873, 108.02)

HWB

hwb(60, 62.7%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0a0e4

Analogous

#e4c2a0

#e4e4a0

#c2e4a0

Triadic

#e4e4a0

#a0e4e4

#e4a0e4

Split-complementary

#e4e4a0

#a0c2e4

#c2a0e4

Tetradic

#e4e4a0

#a0e4a0

#a0a0e4

#e4a0e4

Square

#e4e4a0

#a0e4c2

#a0a0e4

#e4a0c2

Shades

Color #e4e4a0 mixed toward black.

#d6d66e

#c7c73b

#97972b

#65651d

#32320e

Tints

Color #e4e4a0 mixed toward white.

#e9e9b0

#ededc0

#f2f2d0

#f6f6df

#fbfbef

Tones

Color #e4e4a0 mixed toward gray.

#dedea6

#d9d9ab

#d3d3b1

#cdcdb7

#c8c8bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e4b4 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#e4e4b8 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#e4c1c4 · ΔE 30.6

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: #e4e4a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e4e4a0]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e4e4a0 (#e4e4a0) is rgb(228, 228, 160) in RGB.

No, #e4e4a0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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