#DAD44D#DAD44D

#DAD44D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.153 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD44D
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 64.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -13.96, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 66.41, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0442 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.153 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7984, 62.5300, 16.2554)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD44D #4D53DA

analogous

#DA8E4D #DAD44D #99DA4D

triadic

#DAD44D #4DDAD4 #D44DDA

tetradic

#DAD44D #4DDA8E #4D53DA #DA4D99

square

#DAD44D #4DDA8E #4D53DA #DA4D99

split-complementary

#DAD44D #4D99DA #8E4DDA

monochromatic

#8F8A1E #C2BB28 #DAD44D #E5E080 #EFECB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DAD44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD44D

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD44D	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.153 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e085',
    500: '#dad44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad44d;
$custom-light: #e9e085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85032,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD44D

secondary

#373B94

accent

#46E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD44D

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

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