#DAD462#DAD462

#DAD462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.136 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD462
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.38, -12.55, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.38, 57.52, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0379 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.136 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.6631, 62.8759, 20.8097)
Luminance	0.6287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD462 #6268DA

analogous

#DA9862 #DAD462 #A4DA62

triadic

#DAD462 #62DAD4 #D462DA

tetradic

#DAD462 #62DA98 #6268DA #DA62A4

square

#DAD462 #62DA98 #6268DA #DA62A4

split-complementary

#DAD462 #62A4DA #9862DA

monochromatic

#9D9725 #CEC631 #DAD462 #E6E294 #F1EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DAD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD462

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD462	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)

#E4CD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.136 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e192',
    500: '#dad462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad462;
$custom-light: #e8e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85236,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD462

secondary

#4044A1

accent

#25CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD462

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

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