#DAD44E#DAD44E

#DAD44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.152 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD44E
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 64.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -13.90, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 66.01, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0439 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.152 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8340, 62.5442, 16.4427)
Luminance	0.6254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD44E #4E54DA

analogous

#DA8E4E #DAD44E #9ADA4E

triadic

#DAD44E #4EDAD4 #D44EDA

tetradic

#DAD44E #4EDA8E #4E54DA #DA4E9A

square

#DAD44E #4EDA8E #4E54DA #DA4E9A

split-complementary

#DAD44E #4E9ADA #8E4EDA

monochromatic

#908B1E #C2BC29 #DAD44E #E5E081 #EFEDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DAD44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD44E

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD44E	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)

#E5CC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.152 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e086',
    500: '#dad44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad44e;
$custom-light: #e9e086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8504,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD44E

secondary

#373B95

accent

#47E83F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD44E

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

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