#DAD257#DAD257

#DAD257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.143 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD257
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -12.33, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 61.55, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0385 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.143 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6822, 61.6885, 18.0943)
Luminance	0.6169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD257 #575FDA

analogous

#DA9157 #DAD257 #A0DA57

triadic

#DAD257 #57DAD2 #D257DA

tetradic

#DAD257 #57DA91 #575FDA #DA57A0

square

#DAD257 #57DA91 #575FDA #DA57A0

split-complementary

#DAD257 #57A0DA #9157DA

monochromatic

#968F21 #C8BE2C #DAD257 #E5DF89 #F0EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DAD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DAD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD257

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD257	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.143 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df8b',
    500: '#dad257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad257;
$custom-light: #e8df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84702,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD257

secondary

#3B419A

accent

#4BE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD257

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

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