#e2e1c9

Color #e2e1c9

A muted very light yellow.

Closest named color Beige #f5f5dc · ΔE 6.94 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-50 #fefce8 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e2e1c9

RGB

rgb(226, 225, 201)

HSL

hsl(57.6, 30.1%, 83.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(57.6, 11.1%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 11.1%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(89.03, -3.73, 11.87)

LCH

lch(89.03, 12.44, 107.44)

OKLCH

oklch(90.4%, 0.032, 105.04)

HWB

hwb(57.6, 78.8%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9cae2

Analogous

#e2d4c9

#e2e1c9

#d6e2c9

Triadic

#e2e1c9

#c9e2e1

#e1c9e2

Split-complementary

#e2e1c9

#c9d6e2

#d4c9e2

Tetradic

#e2e1c9

#cae2c9

#c9cae2

#e1c9e2

Square

#e2e1c9

#c9e2d4

#c9cae2

#e2c9d6

Shades

Color #e2e1c9 mixed toward black.

#c9c79b

#b0ae6c

#8b884b

#5d5b32

#2e2d19

Tints

Color #e2e1c9 mixed toward white.

#e7e6d2

#ecebdb

#f0f0e4

#f5f5ed

#fafaf6

Tones

Color #e2e1c9 mixed toward gray.

#e0dfcb

#deddcd

#dcdbcf

#dad9d1

#d8d7d3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.85:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e2e2cf · ΔE 1.8

Deuteranopia

#e2e2d1 · ΔE 2.5

Tritanopia

#e2d4d5 · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#e0e0e0 · ΔE 10.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e2e1c9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2e1c9]

Related colors

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Frequently asked questions

#e2e1c9 (#e2e1c9) is rgb(226, 225, 201) in RGB.

No, #e2e1c9 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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