#DAD356#DAD356

#DAD356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.145 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD356
RGB	rgb(218, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -12.90, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 62.35, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0402 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.145 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8892, 62.1676, 17.9632)
Luminance	0.6217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD356 #565DDA

analogous

#DA9156 #DAD356 #9FDA56

triadic

#DAD356 #56DAD3 #D356DA

tetradic

#DAD356 #56DA91 #565DDA #DA569F

square

#DAD356 #56DA91 #565DDA #DA569F

split-complementary

#DAD356 #569FDA #9156DA

monochromatic

#958F21 #C7BF2C #DAD356 #E5E088 #F0EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DAD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DAD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD356

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD356	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)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.145 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e08b',
    500: '#dad356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad356;
$custom-light: #e8e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84902,
    "c": 0.1452,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD356

secondary

#3B409A

accent

#4AE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD356

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

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