#E4D181#E4D181

#E4D181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.102 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D181
RGB	rgb(228, 209, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 43.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -4.23, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 42.20, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0114 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.103 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.7593, 63.6819, 29.9613)
Luminance	0.6368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D181 #8194E4

analogous

#E4A081 #E4D181 #C5E481

triadic

#E4D181 #81E4D1 #D181E4

tetradic

#E4D181 #81E4A0 #8194E4 #E481C5

square

#E4D181 #81E4A0 #8194E4 #E481C5

split-complementary

#E4D181 #81C5E4 #A081E4

monochromatic

#C1A429 #D9BF4F #E4D181 #EFE3B3 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E4D181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#E4D181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D181

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D181	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CD7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 209, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.102 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eedea7',
    500: '#e4d181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d181;
$custom-light: #eedea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85891,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D181

secondary

#4D62BC

accent

#3BCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D181

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

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