#DAD55B#DAD55B

#DAD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.143 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD55B
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 58.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, -13.56, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 61.00, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0415 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.143 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.5977, 63.2509, 19.2281)
Luminance	0.6325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD55B #5B60DA

analogous

#DA955B #DAD55B #9FDA5B

triadic

#DAD55B #5BDAD5 #D55BDA

tetradic

#DAD55B #5BDA95 #5B60DA #DA5B9F

square

#DAD55B #5BDA95 #5B60DA #DA5B9F

split-complementary

#DAD55B #5B9FDA #955BDA

monochromatic

#989422 #CAC42E #DAD55B #E5E28D #F1EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#DAD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD55B

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD55B	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)

#E5CD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.143 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18e',
    500: '#dad55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad55b;
$custom-light: #e8e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85371,
    "c": 0.14308,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD55B

secondary

#3D409D

accent

#21CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD55B

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

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