#DAD355#DAD355

#DAD355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.146 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD355
RGB	rgb(218, 211, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.99, -12.97, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.99, 62.77, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0405 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.146 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8492, 62.1516, 17.7525)
Luminance	0.6215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD355 #555CDA

analogous

#DA9155 #DAD355 #9FDA55

triadic

#DAD355 #55DAD3 #D355DA

tetradic

#DAD355 #55DA91 #555CDA #DA559F

square

#DAD355 #55DA91 #555CDA #DA559F

split-complementary

#DAD355 #559FDA #9155DA

monochromatic

#948E20 #C7BE2B #DAD355 #E5E087 #F0EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DAD355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DAD355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD355

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD355	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 211, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.146 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e08a',
    500: '#dad355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad355;
$custom-light: #e8e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84893,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD355

secondary

#3A3F99

accent

#49E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD355

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

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