#E8D581#E8D581

#E8D581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.107 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D581
RGB	rgb(232, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 44.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -4.68, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 44.02, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.0129 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.107 97)
XYZ	xyz(61.0370, 66.3314, 30.3527)
Luminance	0.6633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D581 #8194E8

analogous

#E8A181 #E8D581 #C7E881

triadic

#E8D581 #81E8D5 #D581E8

tetradic

#E8D581 #81E8A1 #8194E8 #E881C7

square

#E8D581 #81E8A1 #8194E8 #E881C7

split-complementary

#E8D581 #81C7E8 #A181E8

monochromatic

#CAAB25 #DFC44D #E8D581 #F1E6B5 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E8D581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#E8D581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D581

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D581	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.107 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e1a7',
    500: '#e8d581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d581;
$custom-light: #f1e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.932,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87052,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.66329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D581

secondary

#4C62C1

accent

#37D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D581

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

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