#E8D281#E8D281

#E8D281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.104 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D281
RGB	rgb(232, 210, 129)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 44.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -3.15, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 42.93, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0085 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.104 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2894, 64.8362, 30.1035)
Luminance	0.6483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D281 #8197E8

analogous

#E89E81 #E8D281 #CBE881

triadic

#E8D281 #81E8D2 #D281E8

tetradic

#E8D281 #81E89E #8197E8 #E881CB

square

#E8D281 #81E89E #8197E8 #E881CB

split-complementary

#E8D281 #81CBE8 #9E81E8

monochromatic

#CAA725 #DFC04D #E8D281 #F1E4B5 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E8D281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#E8D281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D281

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D281	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)

#E1CF7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 210, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.104 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dfa7',
    500: '#e8d281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d281;
$custom-light: #f1dfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.184,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86447,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D281

secondary

#4C65C1

accent

#3DD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D281

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

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