#DAD277#DAD277

#DAD277 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.113 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD277
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 119)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 45.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -9.72, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 46.89, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0277 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.113 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2911, 62.3321, 26.5679)
Luminance	0.6233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD277 #777FDA

analogous

#DAA077 #DAD277 #B0DA77

triadic

#DAD277 #77DAD2 #D277DA

tetradic

#DAD277 #77DAA0 #777FDA #DA77B0

square

#DAD277 #77DAA0 #777FDA #DA77B0

split-complementary

#DAD277 #77B0DA #A077DA

monochromatic

#A99F2E #CDC247 #DAD277 #E7E2A7 #F4F2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DAD277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DAD277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD277

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD277	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.113 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfa0',
    500: '#dad277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad277;
$custom-light: #e7dfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 57.225,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85084,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD277

secondary

#4951AC

accent

#2EC521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD277

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

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