#DAD460#DAD460

#DAD460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.138 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD460
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 56%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.36, -12.70, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.36, 58.41, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0385 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.138 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5699, 62.8386, 20.3186)
Luminance	0.6284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD460 #6066DA

analogous

#DA9760 #DAD460 #A3DA60

triadic

#DAD460 #60DAD4 #D460DA

tetradic

#DAD460 #60DA97 #6066DA #DA60A3

square

#DAD460 #60DA97 #6066DA #DA60A3

split-complementary

#DAD460 #60A3DA #9760DA

monochromatic

#9B9624 #CDC530 #DAD460 #E6E192 #F1EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DAD460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD460

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD460	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.138 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e191',
    500: '#dad460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad460;
$custom-light: #e8e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85214,
    "c": 0.13778,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD460

secondary

#3F43A0

accent

#24CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD460

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

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