#DAD157#DAD157

#DAD157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.142 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD157
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -11.83, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 61.16, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0371 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.142 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4360, 61.1963, 18.0123)
Luminance	0.6119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD157 #5760DA

analogous

#DA9057 #DAD157 #A1DA57

triadic

#DAD157 #57DAD1 #D157DA

tetradic

#DAD157 #57DA90 #5760DA #DA57A1

square

#DAD157 #57DA90 #5760DA #DA57A1

split-complementary

#DAD157 #57A1DA #9057DA

monochromatic

#968E21 #C8BD2C #DAD157 #E5DF89 #F0ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DAD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#DAD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD157

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD157	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)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.142 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8b',
    500: '#dad157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad157;
$custom-light: #e8de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84492,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD157

secondary

#3B419A

accent

#4CE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD157

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

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