#DAD261#DAD261

#DAD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.135 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD261
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 55.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -11.62, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 57.17, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0353 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.135 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1194, 61.8634, 20.3970)
Luminance	0.6186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD261 #6169DA

analogous

#DA9661 #DAD261 #A6DA61

triadic

#DAD261 #61DAD2 #D261DA

tetradic

#DAD261 #61DA96 #6169DA #DA61A6

square

#DAD261 #61DA96 #6169DA #DA61A6

split-complementary

#DAD261 #61A6DA #9661DA

monochromatic

#9C9425 #CEC330 #DAD261 #E6E093 #F1EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DAD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#DAD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD261

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD261	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.135 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df91',
    500: '#dad261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad261;
$custom-light: #e8df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84806,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD261

secondary

#3F46A0

accent

#27CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD261

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

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