#DAD55A#DAD55A

#DAD55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.144 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD55A
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 58.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, -13.63, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 61.43, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0418 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.144 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5549, 63.2338, 19.0025)
Luminance	0.6323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD55A #5A5FDA

analogous

#DA955A #DAD55A #9FDA5A

triadic

#DAD55A #5ADAD5 #D55ADA

tetradic

#DAD55A #5ADA95 #5A5FDA #DA5A9F

square

#DAD55A #5ADA95 #5A5FDA #DA5A9F

split-complementary

#DAD55A #5A9FDA #955ADA

monochromatic

#989322 #CAC32D #DAD55A #E5E28C #F0EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#DAD55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD55A

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD55A	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.144 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18d',
    500: '#dad55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad55a;
$custom-light: #e8e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85361,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD55A

secondary

#3C409C

accent

#21CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD55A

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

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