#DAD142#DAD142

#DAD142 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.158 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD142
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -13.05, 68.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 69.50, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0427 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.158 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6994, 60.9016, 14.1324)
Luminance	0.6090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD142 #424BDA

analogous

#DA8542 #DAD142 #97DA42

triadic

#DAD142 #42DAD1 #D142DA

tetradic

#DAD142 #42DA85 #424BDA #DA4297

square

#DAD142 #42DA85 #424BDA #DA4297

split-complementary

#DAD142 #4297DA #8542DA

monochromatic

#87811A #BAB124 #DAD142 #E4DD75 #EEEAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DAD142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#DAD142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD142

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD142	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.158 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de7f',
    500: '#dad142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad142;
$custom-light: #e9de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.447,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84316,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD142

secondary

#33388D

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD142

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

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