#e2ebae

Color #e2ebae

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 5.88 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e2ebae

RGB

rgb(226, 235, 174)

HSL

hsl(68.9, 60.4%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.9, 26%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 26%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(91.07, -12.77, 28.68)

LCH

lch(91.07, 31.39, 114)

OKLCH

oklch(91.9%, 0.0796, 114.8)

HWB

hwb(68.9, 68.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7aeeb

Analogous

#ebd6ae

#e2ebae

#c3ebae

Triadic

#e2ebae

#aee2eb

#ebaee2

Split-complementary

#e2ebae

#aec3eb

#d6aeeb

Tetradic

#e2ebae

#aeebb7

#b7aeeb

#ebaee2

Square

#e2ebae

#aeebd6

#b7aeeb

#ebaec3

Shades

Color #e2ebae mixed toward black.

#cede77

#bbd041

#92a428

#616d1b

#31370d

Tints

Color #e2ebae mixed toward white.

#e7eebc

#ecf2c9

#f0f5d7

#f5f8e4

#fafcf2

Tones

Color #e2ebae mixed toward gray.

#dee6b3

#dbe1b8

#d7dcbd

#d4d7c2

#d0d2c7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.73:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e6bf · ΔE 5.7

Deuteranopia

#e5e5c3 · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#e2cbce · ΔE 29.2

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e2ebae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e2ebae]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e2ebae (#e2ebae) is rgb(226, 235, 174) in RGB.

No, #e2ebae 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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