#e1e6b5

Color #e1e6b5

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 8.04 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#e1e6b5

RGB

rgb(225, 230, 181)

HSL

hsl(66.1, 49.5%, 80.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.1, 21.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 21.3%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(89.83, -9.66, 23.38)

LCH

lch(89.83, 25.3, 112.45)

OKLCH

oklch(90.9%, 0.0644, 112.46)

HWB

hwb(66.1, 71%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bab5e6

Analogous

#e6d3b5

#e1e6b5

#c9e6b5

Triadic

#e1e6b5

#b5e1e6

#e6b5e1

Split-complementary

#e1e6b5

#b5c9e6

#d3b5e6

Tetradic

#e1e6b5

#b5e6ba

#bab5e6

#e6b5e1

Square

#e1e6b5

#b5e6d3

#bab5e6

#e6b5c9

Shades

Color #e1e6b5 mixed toward black.

#ccd582

#b8c34f

#8f9a34

#606623

#303311

Tints

Color #e1e6b5 mixed toward white.

#e6eac1

#ebeece

#f0f3da

#f5f7e6

#fafbf3

Tones

Color #e1e6b5 mixed toward gray.

#dee2b9

#dbdebd

#d7dac1

#d4d6c5

#d1d2c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e3e3c2 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#e3e3c5 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#e1ccce · ΔE 25.8

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 16.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e1e6b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e1e6b5]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e1e6b5 (#e1e6b5) is rgb(225, 230, 181) in RGB.

No, #e1e6b5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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