#e1e7a5

Color #e1e7a5

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 5.21 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e1e7a5

RGB

rgb(225, 231, 165)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 57.9%, 77.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 28.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 28.6%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(89.8, -12.35, 31.55)

LCH

lch(89.8, 33.88, 111.38)

OKLCH

oklch(90.8%, 0.0854, 112.3)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 64.7%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aba5e7

Analogous

#e7cca5

#e1e7a5

#c0e7a5

Triadic

#e1e7a5

#a5e1e7

#e7a5e1

Split-complementary

#e1e7a5

#a5c0e7

#cca5e7

Tetradic

#e1e7a5

#a5e7ab

#aba5e7

#e7a5e1

Square

#e1e7a5

#a5e7cc

#aba5e7

#e7a5c0

Shades

Color #e1e7a5 mixed toward black.

#d0d971

#becb3d

#929c2a

#61681c

#31340e

Tints

Color #e1e7a5 mixed toward white.

#e6ebb4

#ebefc3

#f0f3d2

#f5f7e1

#fafbf0

Tones

Color #e1e7a5 mixed toward gray.

#dce1aa

#d8dcb0

#d3d6b5

#cfd1bb

#cacbc0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e4b8 · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#e3e3bc · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#e1c5c8 · ΔE 30.2

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 19.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e1e7a5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e1e7a5]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e1e7a5 (#e1e7a5) is rgb(225, 231, 165) in RGB.

No, #e1e7a5 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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