#DAD251#DAD251

#DAD251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.148 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD251
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -12.72, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 64.05, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0402 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.148 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4471, 61.5945, 16.8565)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD251 #5159DA

analogous

#DA8D51 #DAD251 #9DDA51

triadic

#DAD251 #51DAD2 #D251DA

tetradic

#DAD251 #51DA8D #5159DA #DA519D

square

#DAD251 #51DA8D #5159DA #DA519D

split-complementary

#DAD251 #519DDA #8D51DA

monochromatic

#928B1F #C4BB2A #DAD251 #E5DF83 #EFECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DAD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#DAD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD251

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD251	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.148 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9df88',
    500: '#dad251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad251;
$custom-light: #e9df88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84646,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD251

secondary

#393E97

accent

#4AE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD251

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

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