#DAD55C#DAD55C

#DAD55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.142 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD55C
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 57.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.58, -13.49, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.58, 60.57, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.0412 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.142 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6412, 63.2683, 19.4568)
Luminance	0.6327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD55C #5C61DA

analogous

#DA965C #DAD55C #A0DA5C

triadic

#DAD55C #5CDAD5 #D55CDA

tetradic

#DAD55C #5CDA96 #5C61DA #DA5CA0

square

#DAD55C #5CDA96 #5C61DA #DA5CA0

split-complementary

#DAD55C #5CA0DA #965CDA

monochromatic

#999423 #CBC52E #DAD55C #E5E28E #F1EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#DAD55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD55C

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD55C	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)

#E5CE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.142 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e18e',
    500: '#dad55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad55c;
$custom-light: #e8e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 63,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85382,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD55C

secondary

#3D419D

accent

#22CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD55C

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

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