#e4e4e2

Color #e4e4e2

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light yellow.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 2.97 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-200 #e5e5e5 · ΔE 1.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e4e4e2

RGB

rgb(228, 228, 226)

HSL

hsl(60, 3.6%, 89%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 0.9%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 0.9%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(90.54, -0.36, 0.97)

LCH

lch(90.54, 1.03, 110.36)

OKLCH

oklch(91.8%, 0.0027, 107.1)

HWB

hwb(60, 88.6%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2e2e4

Analogous

#e4e3e2

#e4e4e2

#e3e4e2

Triadic

#e4e4e2

#e2e4e4

#e4e2e4

Split-complementary

#e4e4e2

#e2e3e4

#e3e2e4

Tetradic

#e4e4e2

#e2e4e2

#e2e2e4

#e4e2e4

Square

#e4e4e2

#e2e4e3

#e2e2e4

#e4e2e3

Shades

Color #e4e4e2 mixed toward black.

#bfbfbb

#9b9b94

#76766d

#4e4e49

#272724

Tints

Color #e4e4e2 mixed toward white.

#e8e8e7

#ededec

#f1f1f0

#f6f6f5

#fafafa

Tones

Color #e4e4e2 mixed toward gray.

#e4e4e2

#e3e3e2

#e3e3e3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.49:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.49:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e4e2 · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#e4e4e3 · ΔE 0.5

Tritanopia

#e4e3e3 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 1.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e4e4e2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e4e4e2]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e4e4e2 (#e4e4e2) is rgb(228, 228, 226) in RGB.

No, #e4e4e2 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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