#e9ebae

Color #e9ebae

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 3.24 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e9ebae

RGB

rgb(233, 235, 174)

HSL

hsl(62, 60.4%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62, 26%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 26%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(91.59, -10.19, 29.48)

LCH

lch(91.59, 31.19, 109.07)

OKLCH

oklch(92.4%, 0.0787, 109.45)

HWB

hwb(62, 68.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0aeeb

Analogous

#ebcfae

#e9ebae

#caebae

Triadic

#e9ebae

#aee9eb

#ebaee9

Split-complementary

#e9ebae

#aecaeb

#cfaeeb

Tetradic

#e9ebae

#aeebb0

#b0aeeb

#ebaee9

Square

#e9ebae

#aeebcf

#b0aeeb

#ebaeca

Shades

Color #e9ebae mixed toward black.

#dade77

#cbd041

#a0a428

#6b6d1b

#35370d

Tints

Color #e9ebae mixed toward white.

#edeebc

#f0f2c9

#f4f5d7

#f8f8e4

#fbfcf2

Tones

Color #e9ebae mixed toward gray.

#e4e6b3

#dfe1b8

#dbdcbd

#d6d7c2

#d1d2c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#eaeabf · ΔE 4.2

Deuteranopia

#eaeac3 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#e9cbce · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 18.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e9ebae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e9ebae]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e9ebae (#e9ebae) is rgb(233, 235, 174) in RGB.

No, #e9ebae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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