#DAD161#DAD161

#DAD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.134 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD161
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 55.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -11.11, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 56.78, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0339 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.134 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8733, 61.3712, 20.3149)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD161 #616ADA

analogous

#DA9561 #DAD161 #A7DA61

triadic

#DAD161 #61DAD1 #D161DA

tetradic

#DAD161 #61DA95 #616ADA #DA61A7

square

#DAD161 #61DA95 #616ADA #DA61A7

split-complementary

#DAD161 #61A7DA #9561DA

monochromatic

#9C9325 #CEC230 #DAD161 #E6DF93 #F1EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DAD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#DAD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD161

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD161	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.134 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de91',
    500: '#dad161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad161;
$custom-light: #e8de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84597,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD161

secondary

#3F46A0

accent

#29CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD161

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

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