#e5eca0

Color #e5eca0

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#e5eca0

RGB

rgb(229, 236, 160)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 66.7%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 32.2%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 0%, 32.2%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(91.32, -13.96, 36.15)

LCH

lch(91.32, 38.75, 111.12)

OKLCH

oklch(92%, 0.0971, 112.58)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 62.7%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7a0ec

Analogous

#eccda0

#e5eca0

#bfeca0

Triadic

#e5eca0

#a0e5ec

#eca0e5

Split-complementary

#e5eca0

#a0bfec

#cda0ec

Tetradic

#e5eca0

#a0eca7

#a7a0ec

#eca0e5

Square

#e5eca0

#a0eccd

#a7a0ec

#eca0bf

Shades

Color #e5eca0 mixed toward black.

#d6e169

#c7d632

#99a521

#666e16

#33370b

Tints

Color #e5eca0 mixed toward white.

#e9efb0

#eef2c0

#f2f5cf

#f6f9df

#fbfcef

Tones

Color #e5eca0 mixed toward gray.

#e0e6a6

#dbdfac

#d5d9b3

#d0d3b9

#cbccc0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e8e8b6 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#e8e7bb · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#e5c6c9 · ΔE 31.7

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5eca0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5eca0]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5eca0 (#e5eca0) is rgb(229, 236, 160) in RGB.

No, #e5eca0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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