#e5ae9f

Color #e5ae9f

A moderately saturated light red.

Closest named color Rosy Brown #bc8f8f · ΔE 15.05 Nearest Tailwind class red-300 #ffa2a2 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e5ae9f

RGB

rgb(229, 174, 159)

HSL

hsl(12.9, 57.4%, 76.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(12.9, 30.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 24%, 30.6%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(75.72, 18.02, 15.49)

LCH

lch(75.72, 23.76, 40.68)

OKLCH

oklch(79.8%, 0.0683, 35.76)

HWB

hwb(12.9, 62.4%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9fd6e5

Analogous

#e59fb3

#e5ae9f

#e5d19f

Triadic

#e5ae9f

#9fe5ae

#ae9fe5

Split-complementary

#e5ae9f

#9fe5d1

#9fb3e5

Tetradic

#e5ae9f

#d6e59f

#9fd6e5

#ae9fe5

Square

#e5ae9f

#b3e59f

#9fd6e5

#d19fe5

Shades

Color #e5ae9f mixed toward black.

#d7836c

#c95839

#994129

#662c1c

#33160e

Tints

Color #e5ae9f mixed toward white.

#e9bcaf

#eec9bf

#f2d7cf

#f6e4df

#fbf2ef

Tones

Color #e5ae9f mixed toward gray.

#dfb1a5

#d9b5ab

#d4b8b1

#cebbb6

#c8bfbc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.89:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d0cfa3 · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#d3d6a4 · ΔE 27.1

Tritanopia

#e3a6a6 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 18.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5ae9f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5ae9f]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Tomato #ff6347

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Frequently asked questions

#e5ae9f (#e5ae9f) is rgb(229, 174, 159) in RGB.

No, #e5ae9f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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