#ebe979

Color #ebe979

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 10.58 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ebe979

RGB

rgb(235, 233, 121)

HSL

hsl(58.9, 74%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.9, 48.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 48.5%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(90.47, -14.26, 54.17)

LCH

lch(90.47, 56.02, 104.75)

OKLCH

oklch(91.3%, 0.1348, 107.88)

HWB

hwb(58.9, 47.5%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#797beb

Analogous

#ebb079

#ebe979

#b4eb79

Triadic

#ebe979

#79ebe9

#e979eb

Split-complementary

#ebe979

#79b4eb

#b079eb

Tetradic

#ebe979

#7beb79

#797beb

#e979eb

Square

#ebe979

#79ebb0

#797beb

#eb79b4

Shades

Color #ebe979 mixed toward black.

#e3e045

#cecb1f

#9b9817

#67660f

#343308

Tints

Color #ebe979 mixed toward white.

#eeed8f

#f2f0a6

#f5f4bc

#f8f8d2

#fcfbe9

Tones

Color #ebe979 mixed toward gray.

#e1e083

#d8d78c

#cecd95

#c5c49f

#bbbba8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#eaea9e · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#eaeaa5 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#ebb5b9 · ΔE 38.8

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ebe979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ebe979]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ebe979 (#ebe979) is rgb(235, 233, 121) in RGB.

No, #ebe979 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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