#e5d8af

Color #e5d8af

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Wheat #f5deb3 · ΔE 4.98 Nearest Tailwind class amber-100 #fef3c6 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e5d8af

RGB

rgb(229, 216, 175)

HSL

hsl(45.6, 50.9%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(45.6, 23.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 23.6%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(86.44, -1.92, 21.87)

LCH

lch(86.44, 21.95, 95.02)

OKLCH

oklch(88.3%, 0.0559, 92.57)

HWB

hwb(45.6, 68.6%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afbce5

Analogous

#e5bdaf

#e5d8af

#d7e5af

Triadic

#e5d8af

#afe5d8

#d8afe5

Split-complementary

#e5d8af

#afd7e5

#bdafe5

Tetradic

#e5d8af

#bce5af

#afbce5

#d8afe5

Square

#e5d8af

#afe5bd

#afbce5

#e5afd7

Shades

Color #e5d8af mixed toward black.

#d4bf7c

#c4a649

#988032

#665521

#332b11

Tints

Color #e5d8af mixed toward white.

#e9debc

#eee5ca

#f2ebd7

#f6f2e4

#fbf8f2

Tones

Color #e5d8af mixed toward gray.

#e0d6b3

#dcd3b8

#d7d1bc

#d3cfc1

#ceccc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.77:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dfdfba · ΔE 5.1

Deuteranopia

#e0e1bd · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#e4c2c4 · ΔE 22.6

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5d8af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5d8af]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Gold #ffd700

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Frequently asked questions

#e5d8af (#e5d8af) is rgb(229, 216, 175) in RGB.

No, #e5d8af 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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