#E9D581#E9D581

#E9D581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.107 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D581
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -4.28, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 44.11, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0118 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.107 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.3626, 66.4993, 30.3680)
Luminance	0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D581 #8195E9

analogous

#E9A181 #E9D581 #C9E981

triadic

#E9D581 #81E9D5 #D581E9

tetradic

#E9D581 #81E9A1 #8195E9 #E981C9

square

#E9D581 #81E9A1 #8195E9 #E981C9

split-complementary

#E9D581 #81C9E9 #A181E9

monochromatic

#CCAC24 #E0C44D #E9D581 #F2E6B5 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E9D581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D581

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D581	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.107 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e1a7',
    500: '#e9d581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d581;
$custom-light: #f2e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8714,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D581

secondary

#4C63C2

accent

#38D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D581

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

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