#DAD155#DAD155

#DAD155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.144 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD155
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -11.96, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 62.01, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0377 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.144 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3555, 61.1641, 17.5879)
Luminance	0.6116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD155 #555EDA

analogous

#DA8F55 #DAD155 #A1DA55

triadic

#DAD155 #55DAD1 #D155DA

tetradic

#DAD155 #55DA8F #555EDA #DA55A1

square

#DAD155 #55DA8F #555EDA #DA55A1

split-complementary

#DAD155 #55A1DA #8F55DA

monochromatic

#948C20 #C7BC2B #DAD155 #E5DF87 #F0ECBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DAD155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#DAD155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD155

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD155	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.144 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8a',
    500: '#dad155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad155;
$custom-light: #e8de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84473,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD155

secondary

#3A4199

accent

#4CE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD155

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →