#e6ebc9

Color #e6ebc9

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2 · ΔE 6.45 Nearest Tailwind class lime-50 #f7fee7 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e6ebc9

RGB

rgb(230, 235, 201)

HSL

hsl(68.8, 45.9%, 85.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.8, 14.5%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 14.5%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(91.89, -7.39, 15.96)

LCH

lch(91.89, 17.59, 114.85)

OKLCH

oklch(92.7%, 0.0451, 114.07)

HWB

hwb(68.8, 78.8%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cec9eb

Analogous

#ebdfc9

#e6ebc9

#d5ebc9

Triadic

#e6ebc9

#c9e6eb

#ebc9e6

Split-complementary

#e6ebc9

#c9d5eb

#dfc9eb

Tetradic

#e6ebc9

#c9ebce

#cec9eb

#ebc9e6

Square

#e6ebc9

#c9ebdf

#cec9eb

#ebc9d5

Shades

Color #e6ebc9 mixed toward black.

#cdd794

#b5c45f

#909f3b

#606a27

#303514

Tints

Color #e6ebc9 mixed toward white.

#eaeed2

#eef2db

#f3f5e4

#f7f8ed

#fbfcf6

Tones

Color #e6ebc9 mixed toward gray.

#e4e8cc

#e2e5cf

#e0e3d2

#dee0d4

#dcddd7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e8e8d2 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#e8e8d4 · ΔE 5.1

Tritanopia

#e6d9da · ΔE 19.3

Achromatopsia

#e8e8e8 · ΔE 13.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e6ebc9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6ebc9]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#e6ebc9 (#e6ebc9) is rgb(230, 235, 201) in RGB.

No, #e6ebc9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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