#DAD45B#DAD45B

#DAD45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.142 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD45B
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 58.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -13.06, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 60.60, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0401 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.142 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3470, 62.7494, 19.1446)
Luminance	0.6275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD45B #5B61DA

analogous

#DA945B #DAD45B #A1DA5B

triadic

#DAD45B #5BDAD4 #D45BDA

tetradic

#DAD45B #5BDA94 #5B61DA #DA5BA1

square

#DAD45B #5BDA94 #5B61DA #DA5BA1

split-complementary

#DAD45B #5BA1DA #945BDA

monochromatic

#989322 #CAC32E #DAD45B #E5E18D #F1EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#DAD45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD45B

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD45B	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.142 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18e',
    500: '#dad45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad45b;
$custom-light: #e8e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85161,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD45B

secondary

#3D419D

accent

#23CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD45B

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

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