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Wax Yellow

#E5E8A1

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.28:1Fails

Black text

15.45:1AAA

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About Wax Yellow

Wax Yellow (#E5E8A1) is a light vivid yellow. Its RGB value is 229, 232, 161 and its HSL value is 63°, 61%, 77%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 15.45:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Wax Yellow, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#E5E8A1 · #A4A1E8

Analogous

#E8C7A1 · #E5E8A1 · #C2E8A1

Triadic

#E5E8A1 · #A1E5E8 · #E8A1E5

Split complementary

#E5E8A1 · #A1C1E8 · #C7A1E8

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