#DAD253#DAD253

#DAD253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.147 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD253
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 61.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -12.60, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 63.23, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.0397 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.147 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5232, 61.6250, 17.2574)
Luminance	0.6162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD253 #535BDA

analogous

#DA8F53 #DAD253 #9FDA53

triadic

#DAD253 #53DAD2 #D253DA

tetradic

#DAD253 #53DA8F #535BDA #DA539F

square

#DAD253 #53DA8F #535BDA #DA539F

split-complementary

#DAD253 #539FDA #8F53DA

monochromatic

#938C20 #C5BC2A #DAD253 #E5DF85 #F0ECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DAD253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#DAD253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD253

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD253	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)

#E3CB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.147 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df89',
    500: '#dad253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad253;
$custom-light: #e8df89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84664,
    "c": 0.1466,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD253

secondary

#393F98

accent

#4AE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD253

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

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