#E5D481#E5D481

#E5D481 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.105 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D481
RGB	rgb(229, 212, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -5.37, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 43.41, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0147 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.105 98)
XYZ	xyz(59.8205, 65.3320, 30.2239)
Luminance	0.6533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D481 #8192E5

analogous

#E5A281 #E5D481 #C4E581

triadic

#E5D481 #81E5D4 #D481E5

tetradic

#E5D481 #81E5A2 #8192E5 #E581C4

square

#E5D481 #81E5A2 #8192E5 #E581C4

split-complementary

#E5D481 #81C4E5 #A281E5

monochromatic

#C3A928 #DBC34E #E5D481 #EFE5B4 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5D481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#E5D481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D481

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D481	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)

#E8D684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 212, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.105 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1a7',
    500: '#e5d481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d481;
$custom-light: #efe1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86587,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.6533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D481

secondary

#4D60BD

accent

#37CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D481

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

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