#e5e6dc

Color #e5e6dc

A muted very light yellow.

Closest named color Linen #faf0e6 · ΔE 5.89 Nearest Tailwind class olive-200 #e8e8e3 · ΔE 2.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e6dc

RGB

rgb(229, 230, 220)

HSL

hsl(66, 16.7%, 88.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66, 4.3%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 4.3%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(90.97, -2.09, 4.75)

LCH

lch(90.97, 5.19, 113.75)

OKLCH

oklch(92.1%, 0.0134, 111.41)

HWB

hwb(66, 86.3%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dddce6

Analogous

#e6e2dc

#e5e6dc

#e0e6dc

Triadic

#e5e6dc

#dce5e6

#e6dce5

Split-complementary

#e5e6dc

#dce0e6

#e2dce6

Tetradic

#e5e6dc

#dce6dd

#dddce6

#e6dce5

Square

#e5e6dc

#dce6e2

#dddce6

#e6dce0

Shades

Color #e5e6dc mixed toward black.

#c4c7b0

#a4a784

#7f835e

#55573e

#2a2c1f

Tints

Color #e5e6dc mixed toward white.

#e9eae2

#eeeee8

#f2f2ed

#f6f7f3

#fbfbf9

Tones

Color #e5e6dc mixed toward gray.

#e4e5dd

#e4e4de

#e3e3de

#e2e3df

#e2e2e0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5de · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#e5e5df · ΔE 2

Tritanopia

#e5e0e1 · ΔE 7.2

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e6dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e6dc]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5e6dc (#e5e6dc) is rgb(229, 230, 220) in RGB.

No, #e5e6dc 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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