#DAD255#DAD255

#DAD255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.145 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD255
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -12.47, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 62.39, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0391 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.145 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6016, 61.6563, 17.6699)
Luminance	0.6165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD255 #555DDA

analogous

#DA9055 #DAD255 #A0DA55

triadic

#DAD255 #55DAD2 #D255DA

tetradic

#DAD255 #55DA90 #555DDA #DA55A0

square

#DAD255 #55DA90 #555DDA #DA55A0

split-complementary

#DAD255 #55A0DA #9055DA

monochromatic

#948D20 #C7BD2B #DAD255 #E5DF87 #F0EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DAD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#DAD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD255

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD255	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.145 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df8a',
    500: '#dad255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad255;
$custom-light: #e8df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84683,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD255

secondary

#3A4099

accent

#4BE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD255

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

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