#e8e995

Color #e8e995

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 5.57 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e8e995

RGB

rgb(232, 233, 149)

HSL

hsl(60.7, 65.6%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60.7, 36.1%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 36.1%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(90.6, -12.63, 40.75)

LCH

lch(90.6, 42.66, 107.22)

OKLCH

oklch(91.5%, 0.1057, 108.88)

HWB

hwb(60.7, 58.4%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9695e9

Analogous

#e9c095

#e8e995

#bee995

Triadic

#e8e995

#95e8e9

#e995e8

Split-complementary

#e8e995

#95bee9

#c095e9

Tetradic

#e8e995

#95e996

#9695e9

#e995e8

Square

#e8e995

#95e9c0

#9695e9

#e995be

Shades

Color #e8e995 mixed toward black.

#ddde60

#d1d32c

#9d9e21

#686916

#34350b

Tints

Color #e8e995 mixed toward white.

#eceda7

#f0f0b8

#f4f4ca

#f7f8dc

#fbfbed

Tones

Color #e8e995 mixed toward gray.

#e1e29c

#dadba3

#d3d4aa

#cdcdb1

#c6c6b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e8e8ae · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#e8e8b4 · ΔE 6.2

Tritanopia

#e8bfc3 · ΔE 33.8

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e8e995;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e8e995]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e8e995 (#e8e995) is rgb(232, 233, 149) in RGB.

No, #e8e995 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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