#DAD049#DAD049

#DAD049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.152 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD049
RGB	rgb(218, 208, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 66.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -12.19, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 66.52, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0396 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.152 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6739, 60.5001, 15.2051)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD049 #4953DA

analogous

#DA8849 #DAD049 #9CDA49

triadic

#DAD049 #49DAD0 #D049DA

tetradic

#DAD049 #49DA88 #4953DA #DA499C

square

#DAD049 #49DA88 #4953DA #DA499C

split-complementary

#DAD049 #499CDA #8849DA

monochromatic

#8C841C #BFB427 #DAD049 #E4DD7C #EFEAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DAD049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#DAD049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD049

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD049	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 208, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.152 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de83',
    500: '#dad049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad049;
$custom-light: #e9de83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84158,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD049

secondary

#353C92

accent

#4AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD049

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

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