#e9eca2

Color #e9eca2

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 6.76 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e9eca2

RGB

rgb(233, 236, 162)

HSL

hsl(62.4, 66.1%, 78%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62.4, 31.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 31.4%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(91.65, -12.22, 35.63)

LCH

lch(91.65, 37.67, 108.93)

OKLCH

oklch(92.4%, 0.0943, 110.09)

HWB

hwb(62.4, 63.5%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a2ec

Analogous

#eccaa2

#e9eca2

#c4eca2

Triadic

#e9eca2

#a2e9ec

#eca2e9

Split-complementary

#e9eca2

#a2c4ec

#caa2ec

Tetradic

#e9eca2

#a2eca5

#a5a2ec

#eca2e9

Square

#e9eca2

#a2ecca

#a5a2ec

#eca2c4

Shades

Color #e9eca2 mixed toward black.

#dce16b

#cfd634

#a0a522

#6b6e16

#35370b

Tints

Color #e9eca2 mixed toward white.

#edefb1

#f0f2c1

#f4f5d0

#f8f9e0

#fbfcef

Tones

Color #e9eca2 mixed toward gray.

#e3e6a8

#dee0ae

#d8d9b4

#d2d3bb

#cdcdc1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#eaeab8 · ΔE 5

Deuteranopia

#eaeabc · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#e9c7ca · ΔE 31.4

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e9eca2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e9eca2]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e9eca2 (#e9eca2) is rgb(233, 236, 162) in RGB.

No, #e9eca2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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