#e5dbaf

Color #e5dbaf

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Wheat #f5deb3 · ΔE 5.51 Nearest Tailwind class amber-100 #fef3c6 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#e5dbaf

RGB

rgb(229, 219, 175)

HSL

hsl(48.9, 50.9%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.9, 23.6%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 23.6%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(87.2, -3.45, 22.92)

LCH

lch(87.2, 23.18, 98.56)

OKLCH

oklch(88.9%, 0.0587, 96.75)

HWB

hwb(48.9, 68.6%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afb9e5

Analogous

#e5c0af

#e5dbaf

#d4e5af

Triadic

#e5dbaf

#afe5db

#dbafe5

Split-complementary

#e5dbaf

#afd4e5

#c0afe5

Tetradic

#e5dbaf

#b9e5af

#afb9e5

#dbafe5

Square

#e5dbaf

#afe5c0

#afb9e5

#e5afd4

Shades

Color #e5dbaf mixed toward black.

#d4c47c

#c4ad49

#988532

#665921

#332c11

Tints

Color #e5dbaf mixed toward white.

#e9e1bc

#eee7ca

#f2edd7

#f6f3e4

#fbf9f2

Tones

Color #e5dbaf mixed toward gray.

#e0d8b3

#dcd5b8

#d7d2bc

#d3d0c1

#cecdc5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e1e1bb · ΔE 4

Deuteranopia

#e1e2be · ΔE 4.6

Tritanopia

#e5c4c6 · ΔE 23.9

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 15.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5dbaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5dbaf]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Goldenrod #daa520

Frequently asked questions

#e5dbaf (#e5dbaf) is rgb(229, 219, 175) in RGB.

No, #e5dbaf 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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