#DAD174#DAD174

#DAD174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.116 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD174
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 46.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -9.50, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 47.92, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0273 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.116 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.8676, 61.7689, 25.5520)
Luminance	0.6177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD174 #747DDA

analogous

#DA9E74 #DAD174 #B0DA74

triadic

#DAD174 #74DAD1 #D174DA

tetradic

#DAD174 #74DA9E #747DDA #DA74B0

square

#DAD174 #74DA9E #747DDA #DA74B0

split-complementary

#DAD174 #74B0DA #9E74DA

monochromatic

#A79C2C #CDC144 #DAD174 #E7E1A4 #F4F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DAD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#DAD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD174

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD174	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.116 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7de9e',
    500: '#dad174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad174;
$custom-light: #e7de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84835,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD174

secondary

#4851AA

accent

#2FC620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD174

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

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