#DAD281#DAD281

#DAD281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.103 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD281
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 40.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -8.71, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 41.99, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0239 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.103 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9235, 62.5851, 29.8989)
Luminance	0.6258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD281 #8189DA

analogous

#DAA581 #DAD281 #B5DA81

triadic

#DAD281 #81DAD2 #D281DA

tetradic

#DAD281 #81DAA5 #8189DA #DA81B5

square

#DAD281 #81DAA5 #8189DA #DA81B5

split-complementary

#DAD281 #81B5DA #A581DA

monochromatic

#AEA333 #CCC152 #DAD281 #E8E3B0 #F6F4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#DAD281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD281

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD281	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCD7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.103 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dfa7',
    500: '#dad281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad281;
$custom-light: #e7dfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.607,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85234,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD281

secondary

#4F58B0

accent

#32C223

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD281

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

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