#E8D681#E8D681

#E8D681 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.108 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8D681
RGB	rgb(232, 214, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 44.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -5.19, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 44.40, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0144 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.108 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.2893, 66.8360, 30.4368)
Luminance	0.6683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8D681 #8193E8

analogous

#E8A281 #E8D681 #C6E881

triadic

#E8D681 #81E8D6 #D681E8

tetradic

#E8D681 #81E8A2 #8193E8 #E881C6

square

#E8D681 #81E8A2 #8193E8 #E881C6

split-complementary

#E8D681 #81C6E8 #A281E8

monochromatic

#CAAD25 #DFC54D #E8D681 #F1E7B5 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E8D681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#E8D681 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8D681

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8D681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8D681	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D27A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8d681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 214, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.108 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e2a7',
    500: '#e8d681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8d681;
$custom-light: #f1e2a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8d681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.515,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87255,
    "c": 0.10755,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8D681

secondary

#4C61C1

accent

#35D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8D681

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

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