#E5D581#E5D581

#E5D581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.106 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5D581
RGB	rgb(229, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -5.88, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 43.80, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0162 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.106 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0713, 65.8335, 30.3074)
Luminance	0.6583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5D581 #8191E5

analogous

#E5A381 #E5D581 #C3E581

triadic

#E5D581 #81E5D5 #D581E5

tetradic

#E5D581 #81E5A3 #8191E5 #E581C3

square

#E5D581 #81E5A3 #8191E5 #E581C3

split-complementary

#E5D581 #81C3E5 #A381E5

monochromatic

#C3AA28 #DBC44E #E5D581 #EFE6B4 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E5D581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#E5D581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5D581

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5D581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5D581	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5d581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.106 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1a7',
    500: '#e5d581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5d581;
$custom-light: #efe1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5d581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86791,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5D581

secondary

#4D5FBD

accent

#35CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5D581

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

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