#E7EBBB

sRGB: 231 / 235 / 187

Infinite horizons awaken with sunrise
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#E7EBBB belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 231 red, 235 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 65.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 54.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 82.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (17.00:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 231, 235, 187
HSL: 65.00°, 54.55%, 82.75%
HSV / HSB: 65.00°, 20.43%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 1.70%, 0.00%, 20.43%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 71.630, 79.994, 58.682
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.682, -9.133, 22.911
WCAG relative luminance: 0.79993
24-bit decimal: 15199163

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #E7EBBB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 17.00:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.24:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#BFBBEB sits half a turn (180°) from #E7EBBB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#E7EBBB #BFBBEB

Analogous

#EBD7BB and #CFEBBB sit 30° to either side of #E7EBBB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#EBD7BB #E7EBBB #CFEBBB

Triadic

#E7EBBB, #BBE7EB and #EBBBE7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E7EBBB #BBE7EB #EBBBE7

Split complementary

Start at #E7EBBB and look across the wheel. #BBCFEB and #D7BBEB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E7EBBB #BBCFEB #D7BBEB

Square

Starting with #E7EBBB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBEBD7, #BFBBEB, then #EBBBCF. Across the square, #E7EBBB pairs with #BFBBEB, and #BBEBD7 with #EBBBCF.

#E7EBBB #BBEBD7 #BFBBEB #EBBBCF

Tetradic

#E7EBBB and #BFBBEB are opposites, as are #BBEBBF and #EBBBE7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E7EBBB #BBEBBF #BFBBEB #EBBBE7

Tints

Mixing #E7EBBB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #ECEFC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FAFBF1, the mixture is 80% white.

#E7EBBB #ECEFC9 #F1F3D6 #F5F7E4 #FAFBF1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E7EBBB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B9BC96, keeps 80% of the original. By #2E2F25, the mixture is 80% black.

#E7EBBB #B9BC96 #8B8D70 #5C5E4B #2E2F25 #000000

Tones

Mixing #E7EBBB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D2D6AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #95958C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E7EBBB #D2D6AF #BEC0A3 #A9AB98 #95958C #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#E7EBBB

RGB

rgb(231 235 187)

HSL

hsl(65.000 54.545% 82.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E7EBBB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E7EBBB uses 231 red, 235 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 90.6%

Green 92.2%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E7EBBB is 1.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 20.4% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 20.4%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EEB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E7EBBB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEBB Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#E7EBBB #E0E3C3 #DADBCB #D3D3D3 #CCCBDB #C6C3E3 #BFBBEB

Color vision previews

Compare how #E7EBBB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F3E6B8

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#F3E8BD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#EDE5DE

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EFE8BA

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EFE9BC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E9E9C9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#E7E7E7

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E7E9D3

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.79910 G 0.83077 B 0.49693

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.90869 G 0.92105 B 0.75240

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.80472 G 0.82972 B 0.52626

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.341 y 0.380 Y 79.994

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 9.412 M % 7.843 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11100111 11101011 10111011