#DAD242#DAD242

#DAD242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.159 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD242
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -13.55, 68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 69.85, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0441 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.159 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9455, 61.3939, 14.2145)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD242 #424ADA

analogous

#DA8642 #DAD242 #96DA42

triadic

#DAD242 #42DAD2 #D242DA

tetradic

#DAD242 #42DA86 #424ADA #DA4296

square

#DAD242 #42DA86 #424ADA #DA4296

split-complementary

#DAD242 #4296DA #8642DA

monochromatic

#87811A #BAB224 #DAD242 #E4DE75 #EEEAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DAD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#DAD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD242

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD242	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.159 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df7f',
    500: '#dad242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad242;
$custom-light: #e9df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84526,
    "c": 0.15859,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD242

secondary

#33388D

accent

#47EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD242

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

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