#DAD559#DAD559

#DAD559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.145 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD559
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -13.70, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 61.86, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0421 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.145 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5126, 63.2169, 18.7798)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD559 #595EDA

analogous

#DA9459 #DAD559 #9FDA59

triadic

#DAD559 #59DAD5 #D559DA

tetradic

#DAD559 #59DA94 #595EDA #DA599F

square

#DAD559 #59DA94 #595EDA #DA599F

split-complementary

#DAD559 #599FDA #9459DA

monochromatic

#979222 #C9C32D #DAD559 #E5E28B #F0EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DAD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD559

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD559	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)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.145 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18d',
    500: '#dad559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad559;
$custom-light: #e8e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85351,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD559

secondary

#3C3F9B

accent

#21CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD559

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

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