#DAD481#DAD481

#DAD481 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.105 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD481
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 129)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 40.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -9.73, 41.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 42.86, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0268 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.105 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4204, 63.5788, 30.0645)
Luminance	0.6358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD481 #8187DA

analogous

#DAA781 #DAD481 #B3DA81

triadic

#DAD481 #81DAD4 #D481DA

tetradic

#DAD481 #81DAA7 #8187DA #DA81B3

square

#DAD481 #81DAA7 #8187DA #DA81B3

split-complementary

#DAD481 #81B3DA #A781DA

monochromatic

#AEA533 #CCC452 #DAD481 #E8E4B0 #F6F4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DAD481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DAD481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD481

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD481	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CE7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.105 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e1a7',
    500: '#dad481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad481;
$custom-light: #e7e1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.955,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85649,
    "c": 0.10489,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD481

secondary

#4F55B0

accent

#2EC223

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD481

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

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