#DAD042#DAD042

#DAD042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.157 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD042
RGB	rgb(218, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -12.55, 68.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 69.15, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0413 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.157 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4548, 60.4125, 14.0509)
Luminance	0.6041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD042 #424CDA

analogous

#DA8442 #DAD042 #98DA42

triadic

#DAD042 #42DAD0 #D042DA

tetradic

#DAD042 #42DA84 #424CDA #DA4298

square

#DAD042 #42DA84 #424CDA #DA4298

split-complementary

#DAD042 #4298DA #8442DA

monochromatic

#87801A #BAB024 #DAD042 #E4DD75 #EEE9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DAD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#DAD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD042

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD042	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.157 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de7f',
    500: '#dad042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad042;
$custom-light: #e9de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.053,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84105,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD042

secondary

#33398D

accent

#49EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD042

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

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