#DAD18D#DAD18D

#DAD18D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.088 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD18D
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 141)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 35.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, -6.87, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 35.56, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0177 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.088 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5224, 62.4308, 34.2670)
Luminance	0.6243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD18D #8D96DA

analogous

#DAAA8D #DAD18D #BCDA8D

triadic

#DAD18D #8DDAD1 #D18DDA

tetradic

#DAD18D #8DDAAA #8D96DA #DA8DBC

square

#DAD18D #8DDAAA #8D96DA #DA8DBC

split-complementary

#DAD18D #8DBCDA #AA8DDA

monochromatic

#B3A53A #CBBE5F #DAD18D #E9E4BB #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DAD18D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#DAD18D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD18D

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD18D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD18D	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad18d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.088 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dfaf',
    500: '#dad18d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad18d;
$custom-light: #e6dfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad18d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85228,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD18D

secondary

#5A64B1

accent

#39BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD18D

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

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