#e5edb1

Color #e5edb1

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 5.65 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#e5edb1

RGB

rgb(229, 237, 177)

HSL

hsl(68, 62.5%, 81.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68, 25.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 25.3%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(91.86, -12.26, 28.26)

LCH

lch(91.86, 30.8, 113.45)

OKLCH

oklch(92.6%, 0.0781, 114.1)

HWB

hwb(68, 69.4%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b9b1ed

Analogous

#edd7b1

#e5edb1

#c7edb1

Triadic

#e5edb1

#b1e5ed

#edb1e5

Split-complementary

#e5edb1

#b1c7ed

#d7b1ed

Tetradic

#e5edb1

#b1edb9

#b9b1ed

#edb1e5

Square

#e5edb1

#b1edd7

#b9b1ed

#edb1c7

Shades

Color #e5edb1 mixed toward black.

#d2e079

#c0d341

#97a827

#65701a

#32380d

Tints

Color #e5edb1 mixed toward white.

#e9f0be

#eef3cb

#f2f6d8

#f6f9e5

#fbfcf2

Tones

Color #e5edb1 mixed toward gray.

#e1e8b6

#dee3bb

#dadec0

#d6d9c5

#d3d4ca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e9e9c2 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#e8e7c6 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#e5ced0 · ΔE 28.4

Achromatopsia

#e8e8e8 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e5edb1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5edb1]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e5edb1 (#e5edb1) is rgb(229, 237, 177) in RGB.

No, #e5edb1 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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