#e5e9cb

Color #e5e9cb

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Beige #f5f5dc · ΔE 5.52 Nearest Tailwind class lime-50 #f7fee7 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e9cb

RGB

rgb(229, 233, 203)

HSL

hsl(68, 40.5%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68, 12.9%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 12.9%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(91.35, -6.42, 14.14)

LCH

lch(91.35, 15.53, 114.42)

OKLCH

oklch(92.3%, 0.0399, 113.35)

HWB

hwb(68, 79.6%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cfcbe9

Analogous

#e9decb

#e5e9cb

#d6e9cb

Triadic

#e5e9cb

#cbe5e9

#e9cbe5

Split-complementary

#e5e9cb

#cbd6e9

#decbe9

Tetradic

#e5e9cb

#cbe9cf

#cfcbe9

#e9cbe5

Square

#e5e9cb

#cbe9de

#cfcbe9

#e9cbd6

Shades

Color #e5e9cb mixed toward black.

#cbd398

#b2be65

#8d9941

#5e662b

#2f3316

Tints

Color #e5e9cb mixed toward white.

#e9edd4

#eef0dc

#f2f4e5

#f6f8ee

#fbfbf6

Tones

Color #e5e9cb mixed toward gray.

#e3e7ce

#e1e4d0

#e0e2d3

#dedfd5

#dcddd8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e7e7d3 · ΔE 3.9

Deuteranopia

#e7e6d5 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#e5d9da · ΔE 17.6

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e9cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e9cb]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5e9cb (#e5e9cb) is rgb(229, 233, 203) in RGB.

No, #e5e9cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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