#DAD542#DAD542

#DAD542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.161 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD542
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.38, -15.05, 69.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.38, 70.92, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0483 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.161 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6931, 62.8891, 14.4637)
Luminance	0.6289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD542 #4247DA

analogous

#DA8942 #DAD542 #93DA42

triadic

#DAD542 #42DAD5 #D542DA

tetradic

#DAD542 #42DA89 #4247DA #DA4293

square

#DAD542 #42DA89 #4247DA #DA4293

split-complementary

#DAD542 #4293DA #8942DA

monochromatic

#87841A #BAB524 #DAD542 #E4E075 #EEECA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DAD542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#DAD542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD542

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD542	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.161 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e17f',
    500: '#dad542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad542;
$custom-light: #e9e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.026,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85159,
    "c": 0.16138,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD542

secondary

#33368D

accent

#43EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD542

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

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