#e8eaaa

Color #e8eaaa

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 3.24 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e8eaaa

RGB

rgb(232, 234, 170)

HSL

hsl(61.9, 60.4%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.9, 27.4%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 27.4%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(91.19, -10.59, 30.96)

LCH

lch(91.19, 32.72, 108.88)

OKLCH

oklch(92%, 0.0824, 109.42)

HWB

hwb(61.9, 66.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acaaea

Analogous

#eaccaa

#e8eaaa

#c8eaaa

Triadic

#e8eaaa

#aae8ea

#eaaae8

Split-complementary

#e8eaaa

#aac8ea

#ccaaea

Tetradic

#e8eaaa

#aaeaac

#acaaea

#eaaae8

Square

#e8eaaa

#aaeacc

#acaaea

#eaaac8

Shades

Color #e8eaaa mixed toward black.

#d9dd74

#cbcf3e

#9ea228

#696c1b

#35360d

Tints

Color #e8eaaa mixed toward white.

#ecedb8

#f0f1c6

#f3f4d4

#f7f8e3

#fbfbf1

Tones

Color #e8eaaa mixed toward gray.

#e3e5af

#dedfb5

#d9daba

#d4d5bf

#cfcfc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e9e9bc · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#e9e9c0 · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#e8c9cc · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e8eaaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e8eaaa]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e8eaaa (#e8eaaa) is rgb(232, 234, 170) in RGB.

No, #e8eaaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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