#E3D181#E3D181

#E3D181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.102 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3D181
RGB	rgb(227, 209, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 43.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -4.63, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 42.11, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0125 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.102 97)
XYZ	xyz(58.4429, 63.5188, 29.9464)
Luminance	0.6352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3D181 #8193E3

analogous

#E3A081 #E3D181 #C4E381

triadic

#E3D181 #81E3D1 #D181E3

tetradic

#E3D181 #81E3A0 #8193E3 #E381C4

square

#E3D181 #81E3A0 #8193E3 #E381C4

split-complementary

#E3D181 #81C4E3 #A081E3

monochromatic

#BFA42A #D8BF4F #E3D181 #EEE3B3 #F9F6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E3D181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#E3D181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3D181

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3D181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3D181	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CD7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3d181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 209, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.102 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddea7',
    500: '#e3d181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3d181;
$custom-light: #eddea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3d181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85803,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.63517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3D181

secondary

#4D61BB

accent

#3BCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3D181

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

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