#DAD489#DAD489

#DAD489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.096 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD489
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 37.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -8.86, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 38.89, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0237 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.096 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.9731, 63.7999, 32.9754)
Luminance	0.6380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD489 #898FDA

analogous

#DAAC89 #DAD489 #B7DA89

triadic

#DAD489 #89DAD4 #D489DA

tetradic

#DAD489 #89DAAC #898FDA #DA89B7

square

#DAD489 #89DAAC #898FDA #DA89B7

split-complementary

#DAD489 #89B7DA #AC89DA

monochromatic

#B1A838 #CBC35A #DAD489 #E9E5B8 #F7F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DAD489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DAD489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD489

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD489	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.096 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e1ac',
    500: '#dad489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad489;
$custom-light: #e6e1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 52.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85778,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD489

secondary

#565DB1

accent

#31C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD489

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

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