#E5D381#E5D381

#E5D381 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.104 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D381
RGB	rgb(229, 211, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -4.86, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 43.03, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0133 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.104 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.5713, 64.8336, 30.1408)
Luminance	0.6483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D381 #8193E5

analogous

#E5A181 #E5D381 #C5E581

triadic

#E5D381 #81E5D3 #D381E5

tetradic

#E5D381 #81E5A1 #8193E5 #E581C5

square

#E5D381 #81E5A1 #8193E5 #E581C5

split-complementary

#E5D381 #81C5E5 #A181E5

monochromatic

#C3A728 #DBC14E #E5D381 #EFE5B4 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5D381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#E5D381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D381

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D381	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 211, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.104 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe0a7',
    500: '#e5d381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d381;
$custom-light: #efe0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86384,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D381

secondary

#4D61BD

accent

#39CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D381

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

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