#efe5ae

Color #efe5ae

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 3.78 Nearest Tailwind class amber-100 #fef3c6 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#efe5ae

RGB

rgb(239, 229, 174)

HSL

hsl(50.8, 67%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(50.8, 27.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 27.2%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(90.53, -4.95, 28.11)

LCH

lch(90.53, 28.54, 99.99)

OKLCH

oklch(91.7%, 0.0718, 98.98)

HWB

hwb(50.8, 68.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb8ef

Analogous

#efc5ae

#efe5ae

#d9efae

Triadic

#efe5ae

#aeefe5

#e5aeef

Split-complementary

#efe5ae

#aed9ef

#c5aeef

Tetradic

#efe5ae

#b8efae

#aeb8ef

#e5aeef

Square

#efe5ae

#aeefc5

#aeb8ef

#efaed9

Shades

Color #efe5ae mixed toward black.

#e4d375

#d8c03b

#ac9722

#736517

#39320b

Tints

Color #efe5ae mixed toward white.

#f2e9bc

#f4eec9

#f7f2d7

#faf6e4

#fcfbf2

Tones

Color #efe5ae mixed toward gray.

#eae1b3

#e4deb9

#dfdabe

#d9d6c4

#d4d2c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ebebbd · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#ebecc1 · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#efc8cb · ΔE 27.4

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #efe5ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#efe5ae]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#efe5ae (#efe5ae) is rgb(239, 229, 174) in RGB.

No, #efe5ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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