#DAD166#DAD166

#DAD166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.129 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD166
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 53.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -10.72, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 54.50, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.0322 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.129 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1138, 61.4674, 21.5817)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD166 #666FDA

analogous

#DA9766 #DAD166 #A9DA66

triadic

#DAD166 #66DAD1 #D166DA

tetradic

#DAD166 #66DA97 #666FDA #DA66A9

square

#DAD166 #66DA97 #666FDA #DA66A9

split-complementary

#DAD166 #66A9DA #9766DA

monochromatic

#9F9626 #CEC235 #DAD166 #E6E097 #F2EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DAD166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#DAD166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD166

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD166	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)

#E1CB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.129 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de95',
    500: '#dad166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad166;
$custom-light: #e8de95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84655,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD166

secondary

#4149A3

accent

#2AC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD166

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

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