#e5e5ac

Color #e5e5ac

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 3.74 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e5ac

RGB

rgb(229, 229, 172)

HSL

hsl(60, 52.3%, 78.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 24.9%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 24.9%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(89.71, -8.94, 27.9)

LCH

lch(89.71, 29.3, 107.77)

OKLCH

oklch(90.8%, 0.0739, 107.8)

HWB

hwb(60, 67.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acace5

Analogous

#e5c8ac

#e5e5ac

#c8e5ac

Triadic

#e5e5ac

#ace5e5

#e5ace5

Split-complementary

#e5e5ac

#acc8e5

#c8ace5

Tetradic

#e5e5ac

#ace5ac

#acace5

#e5ace5

Square

#e5e5ac

#ace5c8

#acace5

#e5acc8

Shades

Color #e5e5ac mixed toward black.

#d5d579

#c5c546

#999930

#666620

#333310

Tints

Color #e5e5ac mixed toward white.

#e9e9ba

#eeeec8

#f2f2d5

#f6f6e3

#fbfbf1

Tones

Color #e5e5ac mixed toward gray.

#e0e0b1

#dbdbb5

#d7d7ba

#d2d2bf

#cdcdc4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5bc · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#e5e5bf · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#e5c7ca · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e5ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e5ac]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5e5ac (#e5e5ac) is rgb(229, 229, 172) in RGB.

No, #e5e5ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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