#DAD451#DAD451

#DAD451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.150 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD451
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -13.72, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 64.81, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0431 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.15 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.9440, 62.5882, 17.0222)
Luminance	0.6259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD451 #5157DA

analogous

#DA8F51 #DAD451 #9BDA51

triadic

#DAD451 #51DAD4 #D451DA

tetradic

#DAD451 #51DA8F #5157DA #DA519B

square

#DAD451 #51DA8F #5157DA #DA519B

split-complementary

#DAD451 #519BDA #8F51DA

monochromatic

#928D1F #C4BD2A #DAD451 #E5E083 #EFEDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#DAD451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD451

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD451	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.150 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e188',
    500: '#dad451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad451;
$custom-light: #e9e188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85066,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD451

secondary

#393D97

accent

#47E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD451

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →