#e5e9bc

Color #e5e9bc

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2 · ΔE 7.07 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e9bc

RGB

rgb(229, 233, 188)

HSL

hsl(65.3, 50.6%, 82.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.3, 19.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 19.3%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(91.04, -8.7, 21.48)

LCH

lch(91.04, 23.17, 112.05)

OKLCH

oklch(92%, 0.0591, 111.66)

HWB

hwb(65.3, 73.7%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c0bce9

Analogous

#e9d6bc

#e5e9bc

#cee9bc

Triadic

#e5e9bc

#bce5e9

#e9bce5

Split-complementary

#e5e9bc

#bccee9

#d6bce9

Tetradic

#e5e9bc

#bce9c0

#c0bce9

#e9bce5

Square

#e5e9bc

#bce9d6

#c0bce9

#e9bcce

Shades

Color #e5e9bc mixed toward black.

#d1d887

#bcc652

#959e34

#636a23

#323511

Tints

Color #e5e9bc mixed toward white.

#e9edc7

#eef0d2

#f2f4dd

#f6f8e9

#fbfbf4

Tones

Color #e5e9bc mixed toward gray.

#e2e5c0

#dfe1c3

#dcdec7

#d9dacb

#d5d6cf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e7e7c8 · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#e7e6cb · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#e5d1d3 · ΔE 24.5

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 16

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e9bc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e9bc]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5e9bc (#e5e9bc) is rgb(229, 233, 188) in RGB.

No, #e5e9bc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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