#DAD456#DAD456

#DAD456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.146 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD456
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -13.40, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 62.74, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0416 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.146 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1384, 62.6660, 18.0462)
Luminance	0.6266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD456 #565CDA

analogous

#DA9256 #DAD456 #9EDA56

triadic

#DAD456 #56DAD4 #D456DA

tetradic

#DAD456 #56DA92 #565CDA #DA569E

square

#DAD456 #56DA92 #565CDA #DA569E

split-complementary

#DAD456 #569EDA #9256DA

monochromatic

#959021 #C7C02C #DAD456 #E5E188 #F0EEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DAD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD456

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD456	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.146 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18b',
    500: '#dad456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad456;
$custom-light: #e8e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85112,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD456

secondary

#3B3F9A

accent

#48E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD456

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

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