#DAD165#DAD165

#DAD165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.130 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD165
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 53.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -10.80, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 54.96, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0326 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.13 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.0645, 61.4477, 21.3221)
Luminance	0.6145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD165 #656EDA

analogous

#DA9765 #DAD165 #A8DA65

triadic

#DAD165 #65DAD1 #D165DA

tetradic

#DAD165 #65DA97 #656EDA #DA65A8

square

#DAD165 #65DA97 #656EDA #DA65A8

split-complementary

#DAD165 #65A8DA #9765DA

monochromatic

#9F9526 #CEC234 #DAD165 #E6E096 #F2EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DAD165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#DAD165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD165

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD165	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.130 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de94',
    500: '#dad165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad165;
$custom-light: #e8de94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84643,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD165

secondary

#4148A2

accent

#2AC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD165

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

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