#DAD057#DAD057

#DAD057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.141 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD057
RGB	rgb(218, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -11.33, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 60.79, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0356 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.141 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.1915, 60.7072, 17.9307)
Luminance	0.6070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD057 #5761DA

analogous

#DA8F57 #DAD057 #A2DA57

triadic

#DAD057 #57DAD0 #D057DA

tetradic

#DAD057 #57DA8F #5761DA #DA57A2

square

#DAD057 #57DA8F #5761DA #DA57A2

split-complementary

#DAD057 #57A2DA #8F57DA

monochromatic

#968D21 #C8BC2C #DAD057 #E5DE89 #F0ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DAD057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#DAD057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD057

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD057	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.141 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8b',
    500: '#dad057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad057;
$custom-light: #e8de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84283,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD057

secondary

#3B429A

accent

#4EE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD057

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

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