#e3c965

Color #e3c965

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 13.22 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e3c965

RGB

rgb(227, 201, 101)

HSL

hsl(47.6, 69.2%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.6, 55.5%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 55.5%, 11%)

LAB

lab(81.32, -3.02, 52.58)

LCH

lch(81.32, 52.67, 93.29)

OKLCH

oklch(83.8%, 0.1236, 95.01)

HWB

hwb(47.6, 39.6%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#657fe3

Analogous

#e38a65

#e3c965

#bee365

Triadic

#e3c965

#65e3c9

#c965e3

Split-complementary

#e3c965

#65bee3

#8a65e3

Tetradic

#e3c965

#7fe365

#657fe3

#c965e3

Square

#e3c965

#65e38a

#657fe3

#e365be

Shades

Color #e3c965 mixed toward black.

#dbb937

#b99a22

#8b7319

#5c4d11

#2e2608

Tints

Color #e3c965 mixed toward white.

#e8d27f

#ecdb98

#f1e4b2

#f6edcc

#faf6e5

Tones

Color #e3c965 mixed toward gray.

#d8c36f

#cebd7a

#c3b684

#b9b08f

#aeaa99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d8d886 · ΔE 8.3

Deuteranopia

#dadc8d · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#e29b9f · ΔE 36.2

Achromatopsia

#cacaca · ΔE 24.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e3c965;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e3c965]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#e3c965 (#e3c965) is rgb(227, 201, 101) in RGB.

No, #e3c965 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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