#e6e698

Color #e6e698

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 7.38 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e6e698

RGB

rgb(230, 230, 152)

HSL

hsl(60, 60.9%, 74.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 33.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.9%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(89.71, -11.56, 38.08)

LCH

lch(89.71, 39.8, 106.89)

OKLCH

oklch(90.7%, 0.0989, 108.22)

HWB

hwb(60, 59.6%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9898e6

Analogous

#e6bf98

#e6e698

#bfe698

Triadic

#e6e698

#98e6e6

#e698e6

Split-complementary

#e6e698

#98bfe6

#bf98e6

Tetradic

#e6e698

#98e698

#9898e6

#e698e6

Square

#e6e698

#98e6bf

#9898e6

#e698bf

Shades

Color #e6e698 mixed toward black.

#dada65

#cdcd32

#9a9a25

#666619

#33330c

Tints

Color #e6e698 mixed toward white.

#eaeaa9

#eeeeba

#f2f2cc

#f7f7dd

#fbfbee

Tones

Color #e6e698 mixed toward gray.

#dfdf9f

#d9d9a5

#d2d2ac

#ccccb2

#c5c5b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e6e6af · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#e6e6b4 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#e6bfc2 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#e2e2e2 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e6e698;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6e698]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e6e698 (#e6e698) is rgb(230, 230, 152) in RGB.

No, #e6e698 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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