#DAD16D#DAD16D

#DAD16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.123 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD16D
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 50%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -10.13, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 51.25, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0298 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.123 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4757, 61.6122, 23.4878)
Luminance	0.6161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD16D #6D76DA

analogous

#DA9B6D #DAD16D #ADDA6D

triadic

#DAD16D #6DDAD1 #D16DDA

tetradic

#DAD16D #6DDA9B #6D76DA #DA6DAD

square

#DAD16D #6DDA9B #6D76DA #DA6DAD

split-complementary

#DAD16D #6DADDA #9B6DDA

monochromatic

#A39929 #CEC23C #DAD16D #E6E09E #F3F0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DAD16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#DAD16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD16D

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD16D	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.123 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de99',
    500: '#dad16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad16d;
$custom-light: #e7de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 59.563,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84741,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD16D

secondary

#454DA7

accent

#2CC71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD16D

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

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