#E2D581#E2D581

#E2D581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.106 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2D581
RGB	rgb(226, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 42.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -7.07, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 43.61, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0195 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.106 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1221, 65.3440, 30.2629)
Luminance	0.6534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2D581 #818EE2

analogous

#E2A581 #E2D581 #BFE281

triadic

#E2D581 #81E2D5 #D581E2

tetradic

#E2D581 #81E2A5 #818EE2 #E281BF

square

#E2D581 #81E2A5 #818EE2 #E281BF

split-complementary

#E2D581 #81BFE2 #A581E2

monochromatic

#BDAA2C #D7C44F #E2D581 #EDE6B3 #F9F6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E2D581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#E2D581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2D581

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2D581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2D581	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D07A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFCAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2d581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.106 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ede1a7',
    500: '#e2d581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2d581;
$custom-light: #ede1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2d581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.959,
    "s": 62.581,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86532,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2D581

secondary

#4E5CBA

accent

#33CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2D581

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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