#DAD556#DAD556

#DAD556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.147 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD556
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -13.90, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 63.13, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.043 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.147 107)
XYZ	xyz(54.3892, 63.1675, 18.1298)
Luminance	0.6317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD556 #565BDA

analogous

#DA9356 #DAD556 #9DDA56

triadic

#DAD556 #56DAD5 #D556DA

tetradic

#DAD556 #56DA93 #565BDA #DA569D

square

#DAD556 #56DA93 #565BDA #DA569D

split-complementary

#DAD556 #569DDA #9356DA

monochromatic

#959121 #C7C12C #DAD556 #E5E188 #F0EEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DAD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD556

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD556	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.147 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18b',
    500: '#dad556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad556;
$custom-light: #e8e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85322,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.63166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD556

secondary

#3B3E9A

accent

#47E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD556

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

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