#DAD156#DAD156

#DAD156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.143 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD156
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -11.90, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 61.59, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0374 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.143 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3955, 61.1801, 17.7986)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD156 #565FDA

analogous

#DA8F56 #DAD156 #A1DA56

triadic

#DAD156 #56DAD1 #D156DA

tetradic

#DAD156 #56DA8F #565FDA #DA56A1

square

#DAD156 #56DA8F #565FDA #DA56A1

split-complementary

#DAD156 #56A1DA #8F56DA

monochromatic

#958D21 #C7BD2C #DAD156 #E5DF88 #F0ECBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DAD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#DAD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD156

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD156	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.143 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8b',
    500: '#dad156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad156;
$custom-light: #e8de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84483,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD156

secondary

#3B419A

accent

#4CE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD156

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

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