#DAD199#DAD199

#DAD199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.074 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD199
RGB	rgb(218, 209, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 29.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -5.41, 28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 29.47, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0129 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.074 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.4641, 62.8075, 39.2268)
Luminance	0.6281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD199 #99A2DA

analogous

#DAB099 #DAD199 #C3DA99

triadic

#DAD199 #99DAD1 #D199DA

tetradic

#DAD199 #99DAB0 #99A2DA #DA99C3

square

#DAD199 #99DAB0 #99A2DA #DA99C3

split-complementary

#DAD199 #99C3DA #B099DA

monochromatic

#B6A642 #CABD6C #DAD199 #EAE5C6 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DAD199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD199

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD199	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 209, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.074 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dfb7',
    500: '#dad199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad199;
$custom-light: #e6dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 46.763,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8545,
    "c": 0.07377,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD199

secondary

#6670B1

accent

#3FBA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD199

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

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