#DAD259#DAD259

#DAD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.142 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD259
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -12.20, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 60.69, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.0379 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.142 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7650, 61.7217, 18.5306)
Luminance	0.6172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD259 #5961DA

analogous

#DA9159 #DAD259 #A1DA59

triadic

#DAD259 #59DAD2 #D259DA

tetradic

#DAD259 #59DA91 #5961DA #DA59A1

square

#DAD259 #59DA91 #5961DA #DA59A1

split-complementary

#DAD259 #59A1DA #9159DA

monochromatic

#979022 #C9BF2D #DAD259 #E5E08B #F0EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DAD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DAD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD259

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD259	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)

#E3CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.142 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df8c',
    500: '#dad259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad259;
$custom-light: #e8df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84722,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD259

secondary

#3C429B

accent

#25CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD259

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

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