#e5ea9e

Color #e5ea9e

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 8.03 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#e5ea9e

RGB

rgb(229, 234, 158)

HSL

hsl(63.9, 64.4%, 76.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.9, 32.5%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 32.5%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(90.77, -13.22, 36.43)

LCH

lch(90.77, 38.75, 109.95)

OKLCH

oklch(91.6%, 0.097, 111.35)

HWB

hwb(63.9, 62%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a39eea

Analogous

#eac99e

#e5ea9e

#bfea9e

Triadic

#e5ea9e

#9ee5ea

#ea9ee5

Split-complementary

#e5ea9e

#9ebfea

#c99eea

Tetradic

#e5ea9e

#9eeaa3

#a39eea

#ea9ee5

Square

#e5ea9e

#9eeac9

#a39eea

#ea9ebf

Shades

Color #e5ea9e mixed toward black.

#d7de68

#c8d333

#99a123

#666b17

#33360c

Tints

Color #e5ea9e mixed toward white.

#e9eeae

#eef1be

#f2f5cf

#f6f8df

#fbfcef

Tones

Color #e5ea9e mixed toward gray.

#e0e4a4

#daddab

#d5d7b1

#cfd1b7

#cacabe

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e7e7b4 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#e7e7b9 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#e5c4c7 · ΔE 31.8

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 21.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5ea9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5ea9e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5ea9e (#e5ea9e) is rgb(229, 234, 158) in RGB.

No, #e5ea9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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