#ebeb9c

Color #ebeb9c

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 7.18 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#ebeb9c

RGB

rgb(235, 235, 156)

HSL

hsl(60, 66.4%, 76.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 33.6%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 33.6%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(91.45, -11.68, 38.41)

LCH

lch(91.45, 40.15, 106.91)

OKLCH

oklch(92.2%, 0.0998, 108.22)

HWB

hwb(60, 61.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c9ceb

Analogous

#ebc49c

#ebeb9c

#c4eb9c

Triadic

#ebeb9c

#9cebeb

#eb9ceb

Split-complementary

#ebeb9c

#9cc4eb

#c49ceb

Tetradic

#ebeb9c

#9ceb9c

#9c9ceb

#eb9ceb

Square

#ebeb9c

#9cebc4

#9c9ceb

#eb9cc4

Shades

Color #ebeb9c mixed toward black.

#e0e066

#d5d530

#a3a321

#6c6c16

#36360b

Tints

Color #ebeb9c mixed toward white.

#eeeead

#f2f2bd

#f5f5ce

#f8f8de

#fcfcef

Tones

Color #ebeb9c mixed toward gray.

#e4e4a3

#dedea9

#d7d7b0

#d1d1b6

#cacabd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ebebb3 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#ebebb8 · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#ebc3c7 · ΔE 32.9

Achromatopsia

#e6e6e6 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ebeb9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ebeb9c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ebeb9c (#ebeb9c) is rgb(235, 235, 156) in RGB.

No, #ebeb9c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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