#efe9ae

Color #efe9ae

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 1.58 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#efe9ae

RGB

rgb(239, 233, 174)

HSL

hsl(54.5, 67%, 81%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(54.5, 27.2%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 27.2%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(91.54, -6.97, 29.49)

LCH

lch(91.54, 30.3, 103.3)

OKLCH

oklch(92.5%, 0.0761, 102.9)

HWB

hwb(54.5, 68.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeb4ef

Analogous

#efc9ae

#efe9ae

#d5efae

Triadic

#efe9ae

#aeefe9

#e9aeef

Split-complementary

#efe9ae

#aed5ef

#c9aeef

Tetradic

#efe9ae

#b4efae

#aeb4ef

#e9aeef

Square

#efe9ae

#aeefc9

#aeb4ef

#efaed5

Shades

Color #efe9ae mixed toward black.

#e4d975

#d8ca3b

#aca022

#736b17

#39350b

Tints

Color #efe9ae mixed toward white.

#f2edbc

#f4f0c9

#f7f4d7

#faf8e4

#fcfbf2

Tones

Color #efe9ae mixed toward gray.

#eae5b3

#e4e0b9

#dfdcbe

#d9d7c4

#d4d3c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ececbf · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#ededc2 · ΔE 4.3

Tritanopia

#efcacd · ΔE 28.6

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 18.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #efe9ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#efe9ae]

Related colors

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Gold #ffd700

Ivory #fffff0

Frequently asked questions

#efe9ae (#efe9ae) is rgb(239, 233, 174) in RGB.

No, #efe9ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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