#DAD459#DAD459

#DAD459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.144 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD459
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -13.20, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 61.46, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0407 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.144 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.2619, 62.7154, 18.6962)
Luminance	0.6271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD459 #595FDA

analogous

#DA9359 #DAD459 #A0DA59

triadic

#DAD459 #59DAD4 #D459DA

tetradic

#DAD459 #59DA93 #595FDA #DA59A0

square

#DAD459 #59DA93 #595FDA #DA59A0

split-complementary

#DAD459 #59A0DA #9359DA

monochromatic

#979122 #C9C22D #DAD459 #E5E18B #F0EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DAD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD459

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD459	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.144 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18d',
    500: '#dad459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad459;
$custom-light: #e8e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85141,
    "c": 0.14374,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD459

secondary

#3C409B

accent

#22CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD459

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

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