#DAD357#DAD357

#DAD357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.144 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD357
RGB	rgb(218, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -12.84, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 61.93, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0399 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.144 106)
XYZ	xyz(53.9298, 62.1838, 18.1768)
Luminance	0.6218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD357 #575EDA

analogous

#DA9257 #DAD357 #9FDA57

triadic

#DAD357 #57DAD3 #D357DA

tetradic

#DAD357 #57DA92 #575EDA #DA579F

square

#DAD357 #57DA92 #575EDA #DA579F

split-complementary

#DAD357 #579FDA #9257DA

monochromatic

#968F21 #C8BF2C #DAD357 #E5E089 #F0EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DAD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#DAD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD357

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD357	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.144 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e08b',
    500: '#dad357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad357;
$custom-light: #e8e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84912,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.62182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD357

secondary

#3B409A

accent

#4AE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD357

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

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