#DAD397#DAD397

#DAD397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.078 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD397
RGB	rgb(218, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 30.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -6.68, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 31.37, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0167 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.078 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.7941, 63.7295, 38.5287)
Luminance	0.6373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD397 #979EDA

analogous

#DAB197 #DAD397 #C0DA97

triadic

#DAD397 #97DAD3 #D397DA

tetradic

#DAD397 #97DAB1 #979EDA #DA97C0

square

#DAD397 #97DAB1 #979EDA #DA97C0

split-complementary

#DAD397 #97C0DA #B197DA

monochromatic

#B6AA41 #CAC06A #DAD397 #EAE6C4 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DAD397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DAD397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD397

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD397	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.078 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e0b6',
    500: '#dad397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad397;
$custom-light: #e6e0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85822,
    "c": 0.07837,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD397

secondary

#646CB1

accent

#3ABB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD397

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

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