#DAD151#DAD151

#DAD151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.147 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD151
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -12.22, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 63.68, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0388 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.147 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2010, 61.1023, 16.7745)
Luminance	0.6110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD151 #515ADA

analogous

#DA8C51 #DAD151 #9EDA51

triadic

#DAD151 #51DAD1 #D151DA

tetradic

#DAD151 #51DA8C #515ADA #DA519E

square

#DAD151 #51DA8C #515ADA #DA519E

split-complementary

#DAD151 #519EDA #8C51DA

monochromatic

#928A1F #C4BA2A #DAD151 #E5DE83 #EFECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DAD151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#DAD151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD151

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD151	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.147 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9de88',
    500: '#dad151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad151;
$custom-light: #e9de88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84436,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD151

secondary

#393F97

accent

#4BE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD151

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

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