#e5e8b2

Color #e5e8b2

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 5.47 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e8b2

RGB

rgb(229, 232, 178)

HSL

hsl(63.3, 54%, 80.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.3, 23.3%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 23.3%, 9%)

LAB

lab(90.59, -9.62, 26.02)

LCH

lch(90.59, 27.74, 110.29)

OKLCH

oklch(91.6%, 0.0703, 110.39)

HWB

hwb(63.3, 69.8%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b2e8

Analogous

#e8d0b2

#e5e8b2

#cae8b2

Triadic

#e5e8b2

#b2e5e8

#e8b2e5

Split-complementary

#e5e8b2

#b2cae8

#d0b2e8

Tetradic

#e5e8b2

#b2e8b5

#b5b2e8

#e8b2e5

Square

#e5e8b2

#b2e8d0

#b5b2e8

#e8b2ca

Shades

Color #e5e8b2 mixed toward black.

#d3d87d

#c2c949

#989e2f

#65691f

#333510

Tints

Color #e5e8b2 mixed toward white.

#e9ecbf

#eef0cc

#f2f4d9

#f6f7e5

#fbfbf2

Tones

Color #e5e8b2 mixed toward gray.

#e1e4b7

#dddfbb

#d9dbc0

#d5d6c4

#d1d2c9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.52:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.52:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e6c1 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#e6e6c4 · ΔE 5.2

Tritanopia

#e5ccce · ΔE 27.2

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 17.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e8b2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e8b2]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5e8b2 (#e5e8b2) is rgb(229, 232, 178) in RGB.

No, #e5e8b2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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