#e5e8cb

Color #e5e8cb

A muted very light yellow.

Closest named color Beige #f5f5dc · ΔE 5.44 Nearest Tailwind class lime-50 #f7fee7 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e8cb

RGB

rgb(229, 232, 203)

HSL

hsl(66.2, 38.7%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.2, 12.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 12.5%, 9%)

LAB

lab(91.09, -5.91, 13.78)

LCH

lch(91.09, 14.99, 113.21)

OKLCH

oklch(92.1%, 0.0385, 111.97)

HWB

hwb(66.2, 79.6%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cecbe8

Analogous

#e8ddcb

#e5e8cb

#d7e8cb

Triadic

#e5e8cb

#cbe5e8

#e8cbe5

Split-complementary

#e5e8cb

#cbd7e8

#ddcbe8

Tetradic

#e5e8cb

#cbe8ce

#cecbe8

#e8cbe5

Square

#e5e8cb

#cbe8dd

#cecbe8

#e8cbd7

Shades

Color #e5e8cb mixed toward black.

#ccd299

#b3bc66

#8e9743

#5f652c

#2f3216

Tints

Color #e5e8cb mixed toward white.

#e9ecd4

#eef0dc

#f2f4e5

#f6f7ee

#fbfbf6

Tones

Color #e5e8cb mixed toward gray.

#e3e6cd

#e1e3d0

#dfe1d2

#ddded5

#dbdcd7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e6d3 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#e6e6d4 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#e5d8d9 · ΔE 17.4

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 12

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e8cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e8cb]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5e8cb (#e5e8cb) is rgb(229, 232, 203) in RGB.

No, #e5e8cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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