#e6ec9e

Color #e6ec9e

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 9.01 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#e6ec9e

RGB

rgb(230, 236, 158)

HSL

hsl(64.6, 67.2%, 77.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.6, 33.1%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 33.1%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(91.36, -13.83, 37.22)

LCH

lch(91.36, 39.71, 110.38)

OKLCH

oklch(92.1%, 0.0994, 111.92)

HWB

hwb(64.6, 62%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a49eec

Analogous

#eccb9e

#e6ec9e

#bfec9e

Triadic

#e6ec9e

#9ee6ec

#ec9ee6

Split-complementary

#e6ec9e

#9ebfec

#cb9eec

Tetradic

#e6ec9e

#9eeca4

#a49eec

#ec9ee6

Square

#e6ec9e

#9eeccb

#a49eec

#ec9ebf

Shades

Color #e6ec9e mixed toward black.

#d8e167

#cad630

#9ba520

#676e16

#34370b

Tints

Color #e6ec9e mixed toward white.

#eaefae

#eef2be

#f3f6cf

#f7f9df

#fbfcef

Tones

Color #e6ec9e mixed toward gray.

#e1e6a5

#dbdfab

#d6d9b2

#d0d2b8

#cbccbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e9e9b5 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#e8e8ba · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#e6c5c8 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e6ec9e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6ec9e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e6ec9e (#e6ec9e) is rgb(230, 236, 158) in RGB.

No, #e6ec9e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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