#DAD178#DAD178

#DAD178 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.111 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD178
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 45%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -9.12, 45.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 45.98, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0258 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.111 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1053, 61.8640, 26.8038)
Luminance	0.6186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD178 #7881DA

analogous

#DAA078 #DAD178 #B2DA78

triadic

#DAD178 #78DAD1 #D178DA

tetradic

#DAD178 #78DAA0 #7881DA #DA78B2

square

#DAD178 #78DAA0 #7881DA #DA78B2

split-complementary

#DAD178 #78B2DA #A078DA

monochromatic

#A99E2E #CDC148 #DAD178 #E7E1A8 #F4F2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DAD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#DAD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD178

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD178	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.111 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dea0',
    500: '#dad178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad178;
$custom-light: #e7dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.49,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84891,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD178

secondary

#4A53AC

accent

#30C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD178

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

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