#DAD461#DAD461

#DAD461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.137 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD461
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 55.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -12.62, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 57.97, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0382 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.137 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.6162, 62.8571, 20.5626)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD461 #6167DA

analogous

#DA9861 #DAD461 #A4DA61

triadic

#DAD461 #61DAD4 #D461DA

tetradic

#DAD461 #61DA98 #6167DA #DA61A4

square

#DAD461 #61DA98 #6167DA #DA61A4

split-complementary

#DAD461 #61A4DA #9861DA

monochromatic

#9C9625 #CEC630 #DAD461 #E6E193 #F1EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DAD461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD461

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD461	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)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.137 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e192',
    500: '#dad461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad461;
$custom-light: #e8e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85225,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD461

secondary

#3F44A0

accent

#24CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD461

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

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