#DAD196#DAD196

#DAD196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.077 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD196
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 31.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -5.78, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 31.00, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0141 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.077 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.2195, 62.7097, 37.9382)
Luminance	0.6271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD196 #969FDA

analogous

#DAAF96 #DAD196 #C1DA96

triadic

#DAD196 #96DAD1 #D196DA

tetradic

#DAD196 #96DAAF #969FDA #DA96C1

square

#DAD196 #96DAAF #969FDA #DA96C1

split-complementary

#DAD196 #96C1DA #AF96DA

monochromatic

#B6A640 #CABD69 #DAD196 #EAE5C3 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DAD196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD196

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD196	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.077 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dfb5',
    500: '#dad196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad196;
$custom-light: #e6dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 47.887,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85393,
    "c": 0.07739,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD196

secondary

#636DB1

accent

#3EBB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD196

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

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