#DAD059#DAD059

#DAD059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.140 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD059
RGB	rgb(218, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -11.19, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 59.92, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.035 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.14 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2743, 60.7403, 18.3670)
Luminance	0.6074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD059 #5963DA

analogous

#DA9059 #DAD059 #A3DA59

triadic

#DAD059 #59DAD0 #D059DA

tetradic

#DAD059 #59DA90 #5963DA #DA59A3

square

#DAD059 #59DA90 #5963DA #DA59A3

split-complementary

#DAD059 #59A3DA #9059DA

monochromatic

#978E22 #C9BD2D #DAD059 #E5DE8B #F0ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DAD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#DAD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD059

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD059	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.140 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8c',
    500: '#dad059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad059;
$custom-light: #e8de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84303,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD059

secondary

#3C439B

accent

#28CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD059

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

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