#DAD480#DAD480

#DAD480 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.106 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD480
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 128)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 41.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -9.83, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 43.35, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0272 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.106 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3542, 63.5523, 29.7161)
Luminance	0.6355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD480 #8086DA

analogous

#DAA780 #DAD480 #B3DA80

triadic

#DAD480 #80DAD4 #D480DA

tetradic

#DAD480 #80DAA7 #8086DA #DA80B3

square

#DAD480 #80DAA7 #8086DA #DA80B3

split-complementary

#DAD480 #80B3DA #A780DA

monochromatic

#ADA532 #CCC451 #DAD480 #E8E4AF #F6F4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DAD480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DAD480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD480

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD480	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.106 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1a6',
    500: '#dad480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad480;
$custom-light: #e7e1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 54.878,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85633,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD480

secondary

#4E55B0

accent

#2EC223

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD480

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

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