#DAD442#DAD442

#DAD442 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.160 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD442
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.12, -14.55, 69.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.12, 70.56, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0469 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.16 107)
XYZ	xyz(53.4423, 62.3876, 14.3801)
Luminance	0.6239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD442 #4248DA

analogous

#DA8842 #DAD442 #94DA42

triadic

#DAD442 #42DAD4 #D442DA

tetradic

#DAD442 #42DA88 #4248DA #DA4294

square

#DAD442 #42DA88 #4248DA #DA4294

split-complementary

#DAD442 #4294DA #8842DA

monochromatic

#87831A #BAB424 #DAD442 #E4E075 #EEEBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DAD442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#DAD442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD442

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD442	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.160 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e07f',
    500: '#dad442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad442;
$custom-light: #e9e07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84948,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.62386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD442

secondary

#33368D

accent

#44EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD442

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

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