#e5e6de

Color #e5e6de

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light yellow.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 5.28 Nearest Tailwind class olive-200 #e8e8e3 · ΔE 1.7

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e6de

RGB

rgb(229, 230, 222)

HSL

hsl(67.5, 13.8%, 88.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.5, 3.5%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(91.02, -1.74, 3.77)

LCH

lch(91.02, 4.15, 114.78)

OKLCH

oklch(92.2%, 0.0107, 112.5)

HWB

hwb(67.5, 87.1%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dfdee6

Analogous

#e6e3de

#e5e6de

#e1e6de

Triadic

#e5e6de

#dee5e6

#e6dee5

Split-complementary

#e5e6de

#dee1e6

#e3dee6

Tetradic

#e5e6de

#dee6df

#dfdee6

#e6dee5

Square

#e5e6de

#dee6e3

#dfdee6

#e6dee1

Shades

Color #e5e6de mixed toward black.

#c3c5b3

#a1a588

#7d8161

#535641

#2a2b20

Tints

Color #e5e6de mixed toward white.

#e9eae3

#eeeee9

#f2f2ee

#f6f7f4

#fbfbf9

Tones

Color #e5e6de mixed toward gray.

#e4e5df

#e3e4e0

#e3e3e1

#e2e3e1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e5e5e0 · ΔE 1.6

Deuteranopia

#e5e5e0 · ΔE 1.6

Tritanopia

#e5e2e2 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e6de;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e6de]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5e6de (#e5e6de) is rgb(229, 230, 222) in RGB.

No, #e5e6de 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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