#e5e9cd

Color #e5e9cd

A muted very light yellow.

Closest named color Beige #f5f5dc · ΔE 5.07 Nearest Tailwind class lime-50 #f7fee7 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e9cd

RGB

rgb(229, 233, 205)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 38.9%, 85.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 12%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 12%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(91.39, -6.1, 13.17)

LCH

lch(91.39, 14.51, 114.85)

OKLCH

oklch(92.4%, 0.0373, 113.68)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 80.4%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d1cde9

Analogous

#e9dfcd

#e5e9cd

#d7e9cd

Triadic

#e5e9cd

#cde5e9

#e9cde5

Split-complementary

#e5e9cd

#cdd7e9

#dfcde9

Tetradic

#e5e9cd

#cde9d1

#d1cde9

#e9cde5

Square

#e5e9cd

#cde9df

#d1cde9

#e9cdd7

Shades

Color #e5e9cd mixed toward black.

#cbd39a

#b0bc68

#8c9843

#5d652d

#2f3316

Tints

Color #e5e9cd mixed toward white.

#e9edd5

#eef0de

#f2f4e6

#f6f8ee

#fbfbf7

Tones

Color #e5e9cd mixed toward gray.

#e3e7cf

#e2e4d2

#e0e2d4

#dee0d6

#ddddd9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e7e7d4 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#e7e6d6 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#e5dadb · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 11.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e9cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e9cd]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5e9cd (#e5e9cd) is rgb(229, 233, 205) in RGB.

No, #e5e9cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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