#DAD299#DAD299

#DAD299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.075 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD299
RGB	rgb(218, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 29.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -5.92, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 29.91, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0144 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.075 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.7102, 63.2998, 39.3088)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD299 #99A1DA

analogous

#DAB199 #DAD299 #C2DA99

triadic

#DAD299 #99DAD2 #D299DA

tetradic

#DAD299 #99DAB1 #99A1DA #DA99C2

square

#DAD299 #99DAB1 #99A1DA #DA99C2

split-complementary

#DAD299 #99C2DA #B199DA

monochromatic

#B6A842 #CABE6C #DAD299 #EAE6C6 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DAD299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD299

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD299	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.075 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dfb7',
    500: '#dad299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad299;
$custom-light: #e6dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 46.763,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85655,
    "c": 0.07484,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD299

secondary

#666FB1

accent

#3DBA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD299

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

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