#DAD172#DAD172

#DAD172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.118 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD172
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 47.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -9.68, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 48.88, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.028 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.118 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7525, 61.7229, 24.9459)
Luminance	0.6172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD172 #727BDA

analogous

#DA9D72 #DAD172 #AFDA72

triadic

#DAD172 #72DAD1 #D172DA

tetradic

#DAD172 #72DA9D #727BDA #DA72AF

square

#DAD172 #72DA9D #727BDA #DA72AF

split-complementary

#DAD172 #72AFDA #9D72DA

monochromatic

#A69B2C #CDC142 #DAD172 #E7E1A2 #F3F1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DAD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DAD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD172

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD172	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.118 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de9c',
    500: '#dad172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad172;
$custom-light: #e7de9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.808,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84807,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD172

secondary

#474FA9

accent

#2EC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD172

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

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