#e5e9ba

Color #e5e9ba

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Lemon Chiffon #fffacd · ΔE 7.55 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e5e9ba

RGB

rgb(229, 233, 186)

HSL

hsl(65.1, 51.6%, 82.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.1, 20.2%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 20.2%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(91, -9, 22.46)

LCH

lch(91, 24.2, 111.84)

OKLCH

oklch(91.9%, 0.0616, 111.53)

HWB

hwb(65.1, 72.9%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bebae9

Analogous

#e9d6ba

#e5e9ba

#cee9ba

Triadic

#e5e9ba

#bae5e9

#e9bae5

Split-complementary

#e5e9ba

#bacee9

#d6bae9

Tetradic

#e5e9ba

#bae9be

#bebae9

#e9bae5

Square

#e5e9ba

#bae9d6

#bebae9

#e9bace

Shades

Color #e5e9ba mixed toward black.

#d1d885

#bdc750

#969f33

#646a22

#323511

Tints

Color #e5e9ba mixed toward white.

#e9edc6

#eef0d1

#f2f4dd

#f6f8e8

#fbfbf4

Tones

Color #e5e9ba mixed toward gray.

#e2e5be

#dfe1c2

#dbddc6

#d8d9ca

#d5d6ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e7e7c7 · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#e7e6ca · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#e5d0d2 · ΔE 25.2

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5e9ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5e9ba]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5e9ba (#e5e9ba) is rgb(229, 233, 186) in RGB.

No, #e5e9ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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