#DAD495#DAD495

#DAD495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.082 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD495
RGB	rgb(218, 212, 149)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 31.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -7.44, 31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 32.84, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0189 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.082 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8822, 64.1635, 37.7636)
Luminance	0.6416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD495 #959BDA

analogous

#DAB295 #DAD495 #BEDA95

triadic

#DAD495 #95DAD4 #D495DA

tetradic

#DAD495 #95DAB2 #959BDA #DA95BE

square

#DAD495 #95DAB2 #959BDA #DA95BE

split-complementary

#DAD495 #95BEDA #B295DA

monochromatic

#B5AB3F #CAC268 #DAD495 #EAE6C2 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DAD495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#DAD495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD495

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD495	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 212, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.082 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e1b4',
    500: '#dad495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad495;
$custom-light: #e6e1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 48.252,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8599,
    "c": 0.08189,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD495

secondary

#6269B1

accent

#37BC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD495

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

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