#DAD557#DAD557

#DAD557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.146 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD557
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -13.84, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 62.70, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0428 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.146 107)
XYZ	xyz(54.4298, 63.1837, 18.3435)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD557 #575CDA

analogous

#DA9457 #DAD557 #9DDA57

triadic

#DAD557 #57DAD5 #D557DA

tetradic

#DAD557 #57DA94 #575CDA #DA579D

square

#DAD557 #57DA94 #575CDA #DA579D

split-complementary

#DAD557 #579DDA #9457DA

monochromatic

#969121 #C8C22C #DAD557 #E5E289 #F0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DAD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD557

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD557	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.146 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18b',
    500: '#dad557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad557;
$custom-light: #e8e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85332,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.63182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD557

secondary

#3B3F9A

accent

#47E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD557

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

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