#e4e6ac

Color #e4e6ac

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 3.96 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e4e6ac

RGB

rgb(228, 230, 172)

HSL

hsl(62.1, 53.7%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(62.1, 25.2%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 25.2%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(89.89, -9.81, 28.13)

LCH

lch(89.89, 29.79, 109.23)

OKLCH

oklch(90.9%, 0.0753, 109.47)

HWB

hwb(62.1, 67.5%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aeace6

Analogous

#e6cbac

#e4e6ac

#c7e6ac

Triadic

#e4e6ac

#ace4e6

#e6ace4

Split-complementary

#e4e6ac

#acc7e6

#cbace6

Tetradic

#e4e6ac

#ace6ae

#aeace6

#e6ace4

Square

#e4e6ac

#ace6cb

#aeace6

#e6acc7

Shades

Color #e4e6ac mixed toward black.

#d3d678

#c2c745

#979a2f

#64671f

#323310

Tints

Color #e4e6ac mixed toward white.

#e8eaba

#edeec8

#f1f2d5

#f6f7e3

#fafbf1

Tones

Color #e4e6ac mixed toward gray.

#dfe1b1

#dbdcb6

#d6d7ba

#d2d3bf

#cdcec4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5bc · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#e5e5c0 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#e4c8ca · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e4e6ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e4e6ac]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e4e6ac (#e4e6ac) is rgb(228, 230, 172) in RGB.

No, #e4e6ac 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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