#e1e8a1

Color #e1e8a1

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 6.75 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#e1e8a1

RGB

rgb(225, 232, 161)

HSL

hsl(65.9, 60.7%, 77.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.9, 30.6%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(3%, 0%, 30.6%, 9%)

LAB

lab(90, -13.35, 33.84)

LCH

lch(90, 36.38, 111.53)

OKLCH

oklch(90.9%, 0.0915, 112.84)

HWB

hwb(65.9, 63.1%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a8a1e8

Analogous

#e8cca1

#e1e8a1

#bee8a1

Triadic

#e1e8a1

#a1e1e8

#e8a1e1

Split-complementary

#e1e8a1

#a1bee8

#cca1e8

Tetradic

#e1e8a1

#a1e8a8

#a8a1e8

#e8a1e1

Square

#e1e8a1

#a1e8cc

#a8a1e8

#e8a1be

Shades

Color #e1e8a1 mixed toward black.

#d0db6d

#c0ce38

#929e27

#61691a

#31350d

Tints

Color #e1e8a1 mixed toward white.

#e6ecb1

#ebf0c0

#f0f4d0

#f5f7e0

#fafbef

Tones

Color #e1e8a1 mixed toward gray.

#dce2a7

#d8dcad

#d3d6b3

#ced0b9

#c9cbbf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.26:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e4b6 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#e4e3ba · ΔE 6.9

Tritanopia

#e1c4c7 · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 20.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e1e8a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e1e8a1]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e1e8a1 (#e1e8a1) is rgb(225, 232, 161) in RGB.

No, #e1e8a1 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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