#e4e697

Color #e4e697

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 7.52 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e4e697

RGB

rgb(228, 230, 151)

HSL

hsl(61.5, 61.2%, 74.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.5, 34.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 34.3%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(89.54, -12.44, 38.33)

LCH

lch(89.54, 40.3, 107.98)

OKLCH

oklch(90.6%, 0.1002, 109.47)

HWB

hwb(61.5, 59.2%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9997e6

Analogous

#e6c097

#e4e697

#bde697

Triadic

#e4e697

#97e4e6

#e697e4

Split-complementary

#e4e697

#97bde6

#c097e6

Tetradic

#e4e697

#97e699

#9997e6

#e697e4

Square

#e4e697

#97e6c0

#9997e6

#e697bd

Shades

Color #e4e697 mixed toward black.

#d7da64

#c9cd31

#979a25

#646619

#32330c

Tints

Color #e4e697 mixed toward white.

#e8eaa8

#edeeba

#f1f2cb

#f6f7dc

#fafbee

Tones

Color #e4e697 mixed toward gray.

#dedf9e

#d7d9a4

#d1d2ab

#cbccb1

#c5c5b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5af · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#e5e5b4 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#e4bfc2 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e4e697;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e4e697]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e4e697 (#e4e697) is rgb(228, 230, 151) in RGB.

No, #e4e697 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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