#DAD162#DAD162

#DAD162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.133 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD162
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -11.04, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 56.33, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.0336 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.133 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9202, 61.3900, 20.5620)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD162 #626BDA

analogous

#DA9562 #DAD162 #A7DA62

triadic

#DAD162 #62DAD1 #D162DA

tetradic

#DAD162 #62DA95 #626BDA #DA62A7

square

#DAD162 #62DA95 #626BDA #DA62A7

split-complementary

#DAD162 #62A7DA #9562DA

monochromatic

#9D9425 #CEC231 #DAD162 #E6E094 #F1EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DAD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#DAD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD162

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD162	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.133 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de92',
    500: '#dad162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad162;
$custom-light: #e8de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84608,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD162

secondary

#4047A1

accent

#29CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD162

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

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