#e7e996

Color #e7e996

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 6.2 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#e7e996

RGB

rgb(231, 233, 150)

HSL

hsl(61.4, 65.4%, 75.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.4, 35.6%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 35.6%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(90.54, -12.9, 40.16)

LCH

lch(90.54, 42.18, 107.81)

OKLCH

oklch(91.4%, 0.1047, 109.47)

HWB

hwb(61.4, 58.8%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9896e9

Analogous

#e9c196

#e7e996

#bee996

Triadic

#e7e996

#96e7e9

#e996e7

Split-complementary

#e7e996

#96bee9

#c196e9

Tetradic

#e7e996

#96e998

#9896e9

#e996e7

Square

#e7e996

#96e9c1

#9896e9

#e996be

Shades

Color #e7e996 mixed toward black.

#dbde61

#cfd32c

#9b9e21

#686a16

#34350b

Tints

Color #e7e996 mixed toward white.

#ebeda7

#eff0b9

#f3f4ca

#f7f8dc

#fbfbed

Tones

Color #e7e996 mixed toward gray.

#e0e29d

#dadba4

#d3d4ab

#cdcdb2

#c6c6b9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e8e8af · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#e8e8b4 · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#e7c0c3 · ΔE 33.1

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e7e996;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e7e996]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e7e996 (#e7e996) is rgb(231, 233, 150) in RGB.

No, #e7e996 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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