#e5ebc6

Color #e5ebc6

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2 · ΔE 6.19 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#e5ebc6

RGB

rgb(229, 235, 198)

HSL

hsl(69.7, 48.1%, 84.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(69.7, 15.7%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 15.7%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(91.75, -8.21, 17.31)

LCH

lch(91.75, 19.16, 115.37)

OKLCH

oklch(92.6%, 0.0491, 114.79)

HWB

hwb(69.7, 77.6%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ccc6eb

Analogous

#ebdec6

#e5ebc6

#d3ebc6

Triadic

#e5ebc6

#c6e5eb

#ebc6e5

Split-complementary

#e5ebc6

#c6d3eb

#dec6eb

Tetradic

#e5ebc6

#c6ebcc

#ccc6eb

#ebc6e5

Square

#e5ebc6

#c6ebde

#ccc6eb

#ebc6d3

Shades

Color #e5ebc6 mixed toward black.

#cdd891

#b4c65b

#8fa038

#606b25

#303513

Tints

Color #e5ebc6 mixed toward white.

#e9eecf

#eef2d9

#f2f5e2

#f6f8ec

#fbfcf5

Tones

Color #e5ebc6 mixed toward gray.

#e3e8c9

#e1e5cc

#dfe2cf

#dddfd2

#dbdcd5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.03:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.03:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e8e8d0 · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#e7e7d2 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#e5d7d9 · ΔE 21.1

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5ebc6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5ebc6]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5ebc6 (#e5ebc6) is rgb(229, 235, 198) in RGB.

No, #e5ebc6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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