#DAD04D#DAD04D

#DAD04D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.149 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD04D
RGB	rgb(218, 208, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -11.96, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 64.94, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0385 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.149 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8109, 60.5549, 15.9262)
Luminance	0.6055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD04D #4D57DA

analogous

#DA8A4D #DAD04D #9DDA4D

triadic

#DAD04D #4DDAD0 #D04DDA

tetradic

#DAD04D #4DDA8A #4D57DA #DA4D9D

square

#DAD04D #4DDA8A #4D57DA #DA4D9D

split-complementary

#DAD04D #4D9DDA #8A4DDA

monochromatic

#8F871E #C2B728 #DAD04D #E5DD80 #EFEBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DAD04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#DAD04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD04D

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD04D	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 208, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.149 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de85',
    500: '#dad04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad04d;
$custom-light: #e9de85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84191,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD04D

secondary

#373E94

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD04D

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

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