#e5eb9a

Color #e5eb9a

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 8.17 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#e5eb9a

RGB

rgb(229, 235, 154)

HSL

hsl(64.4, 66.9%, 76.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.4, 34.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 34.5%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(90.97, -14.19, 38.69)

LCH

lch(90.97, 41.21, 110.14)

OKLCH

oklch(91.7%, 0.1028, 111.87)

HWB

hwb(64.4, 60.4%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a09aeb

Analogous

#ebc89a

#e5eb9a

#bdeb9a

Triadic

#e5eb9a

#9ae5eb

#eb9ae5

Split-complementary

#e5eb9a

#9abdeb

#c89aeb

Tetradic

#e5eb9a

#9aeba0

#a09aeb

#eb9ae5

Square

#e5eb9a

#9aebc8

#a09aeb

#eb9abd

Shades

Color #e5eb9a mixed toward black.

#d7e064

#c9d62e

#99a220

#666c15

#33360b

Tints

Color #e5eb9a mixed toward white.

#e9eeab

#eef2bc

#f2f5cd

#f6f8dd

#fbfcee

Tones

Color #e5eb9a mixed toward gray.

#dfe4a1

#dadea8

#d4d7ae

#ced0b5

#c8c9bc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e8e8b2 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#e7e7b7 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#e5c3c6 · ΔE 32.6

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5eb9a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5eb9a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5eb9a (#e5eb9a) is rgb(229, 235, 154) in RGB.

No, #e5eb9a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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