#DAD256#DAD256

#DAD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.144 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD256
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -12.40, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 61.97, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0388 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.144 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6416, 61.6723, 17.8806)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD256 #565EDA

analogous

#DA9056 #DAD256 #A0DA56

triadic

#DAD256 #56DAD2 #D256DA

tetradic

#DAD256 #56DA90 #565EDA #DA56A0

square

#DAD256 #56DA90 #565EDA #DA56A0

split-complementary

#DAD256 #56A0DA #9056DA

monochromatic

#958E21 #C7BE2C #DAD256 #E5DF88 #F0EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DAD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#DAD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD256

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD256	1.00	1.57	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.57	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)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.144 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df8b',
    500: '#dad256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad256;
$custom-light: #e8df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84692,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD256

secondary

#3B409A

accent

#4BE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD256

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

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