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#E5E6CB

#e5e6cb ≈ Beige

  • yellow
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#e5e6cb is a color from the yellow family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 90.2% green and 79.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0.43% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.74% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 62.22°, with 35.06% saturation and 84.9% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 16.51:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Beige (#f5f5dc), ΔE 3.39.

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Web safe#ccffcc
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Relative luminance0.7756

Complementary

  1. #e5e6cb
  2. #cccbe6

Split complementary

  1. #e5e6cb
  2. #cbd7e6
  3. #d9cbe6

Analogous

  1. #e6d9cb
  2. #e5e6cb
  3. #d7e6cb

Triadic

  1. #e5e6cb
  2. #cbe5e6
  3. #e6cbe5

Tetradic

  1. #e5e6cb
  2. #cbe6cc
  3. #cccbe6
  4. #e6cbe5

Square

  1. #e5e6cb
  2. #cbe6d9
  3. #cccbe6
  4. #e6cbd7

Monochromatic

  1. #b1b464
  2. #cbcd97
  3. #e5e6cb
  4. #f8f8f1
  5. #f8f8f1

Shades

#e5e6cb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e5e6cb
  2. #cecfb7
  3. #b7b8a2
  4. #a0a18e
  5. #898a7a
  6. #737366
  7. #5c5c51
  8. #45453d
  9. #2e2e29
  10. #171714
  11. #000000

Tints

#e5e6cb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e5e6cb
  2. #e8e9d0
  3. #eaebd5
  4. #edeedb
  5. #eff0e0
  6. #f2f3e5
  7. #f5f5ea
  8. #f7f8ef
  9. #fafaf5
  10. #fcfdfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e5e6cb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e5e6cb
  2. #dbdcc4
  3. #d1d2bc
  4. #c7c7b5
  5. #bdbdad
  6. #b3b3a6
  7. #a8a99e
  8. #9e9f97
  9. #94948f
  10. #8a8a88
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 16.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #e4e4e4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #e4e5da ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebe3c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ebe5cc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #e9e2de ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e9e4ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9e5cc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e8e4d7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e5e6cb {
  color: #e5e6cb;
}
Background
.bg-e5e6cb {
  background-color: #e5e6cb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e5e6cb {
  border: 2px solid #e5e6cb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e5e6cb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 230 203;
  --color-primary-hsl: 62 35% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e5e6cb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e5e6cb, #d7e6cb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e5e6cb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 230 203 / 0.35);
}

#f5f5dc Beige ΔE 3.39 #f0ead6 Eggshell ΔE 4.55 #ffffe0 Light Yellow ΔE 5.33 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 5.33 #fff8dc Cornsilk ΔE 5.34 #fafad2 Light Goldenrod Yellow ΔE 5.49 #fffacd Lemon Chiffon ΔE 6.73 #1a1934 Inverted #e4e4e4 Grayscale 

Beige
#e5e6cb  rgb(229, 230, 203)  hsl(62, 35%, 85%)  Beige
#cccbe6  rgb(204, 203, 230)  hsl(242, 35%, 85%)  Languid Lavender
#cbe5e6  rgb(203, 229, 230)  hsl(182, 35%, 85%)  Light Cyan
#e6cbe5  rgb(230, 203, 229)  hsl(302, 35%, 85%)  Thistle