#E4D581#E4D581

#E4D581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.106 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4D581
RGB	rgb(228, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 43.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -6.27, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 43.73, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0173 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.106 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7530, 65.6694, 30.2925)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4D581 #8190E4

analogous

#E4A381 #E4D581 #C2E481

triadic

#E4D581 #81E4D5 #D581E4

tetradic

#E4D581 #81E4A3 #8190E4 #E481C2

square

#E4D581 #81E4A3 #8190E4 #E481C2

split-complementary

#E4D581 #81C2E4 #A381E4

monochromatic

#C1AA29 #D9C44F #E4D581 #EFE6B3 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E4D581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#E4D581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4D581

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4D581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4D581	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D07A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4d581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.106 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee1a7',
    500: '#e4d581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4d581;
$custom-light: #eee1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4d581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86704,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4D581

secondary

#4D5EBC

accent

#34CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4D581

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

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