#e5e6af

Color #e5e6af

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 4.65 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e6af

RGB

rgb(229, 230, 175)

HSL

hsl(61.1, 52.4%, 79.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.1, 23.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 23.9%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(90.02, -9.03, 26.78)

LCH

lch(90.02, 28.26, 108.63)

OKLCH

oklch(91.1%, 0.0714, 108.61)

HWB

hwb(61.1, 68.6%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0afe6

Analogous

#e6cbaf

#e5e6af

#c9e6af

Triadic

#e5e6af

#afe5e6

#e6afe5

Split-complementary

#e5e6af

#afc9e6

#cbafe6

Tetradic

#e5e6af

#afe6b0

#b0afe6

#e6afe5

Square

#e5e6af

#afe6cb

#b0afe6

#e6afc9

Shades

Color #e5e6af mixed toward black.

#d4d67c

#c4c648

#989a30

#666720

#333310

Tints

Color #e5e6af mixed toward white.

#e9eabc

#eeeeca

#f2f2d7

#f6f7e4

#fbfbf2

Tones

Color #e5e6af mixed toward gray.

#e1e1b4

#dcddb8

#d8d8bd

#d3d4c1

#cfcfc6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.27:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5be · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#e5e5c2 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#e5c9cc · ΔE 28

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e6af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e6af]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5e6af (#e5e6af) is rgb(229, 230, 175) in RGB.

No, #e5e6af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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