#DAD159#DAD159

#DAD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.141 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD159
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -11.69, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 60.31, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0365 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.141 105)
XYZ	xyz(53.5189, 61.2294, 18.4486)
Luminance	0.6123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD159 #5962DA

analogous

#DA9059 #DAD159 #A2DA59

triadic

#DAD159 #59DAD1 #D159DA

tetradic

#DAD159 #59DA90 #5962DA #DA59A2

square

#DAD159 #59DA90 #5962DA #DA59A2

split-complementary

#DAD159 #59A2DA #9059DA

monochromatic

#978F22 #C9BE2D #DAD159 #E5DF8B #F0EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DAD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#DAD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD159

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD159	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.141 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de8c',
    500: '#dad159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad159;
$custom-light: #e8de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84512,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.61228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD159

secondary

#3C429B

accent

#27CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD159

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

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