#DAD55E#DAD55E

#DAD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.141 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD55E
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 56.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -13.35, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 59.69, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0406 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.141 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7297, 63.3037, 19.9234)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD55E #5E63DA

analogous

#DA975E #DAD55E #A1DA5E

triadic

#DAD55E #5EDAD5 #D55EDA

tetradic

#DAD55E #5EDA97 #5E63DA #DA5EA1

square

#DAD55E #5EDA97 #5E63DA #DA5EA1

split-complementary

#DAD55E #5EA1DA #975EDA

monochromatic

#9A9523 #CCC62F #DAD55E #E5E290 #F1EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DAD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD55E

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD55E	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.141 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e190',
    500: '#dad55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad55e;
$custom-light: #e8e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 62.626,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85402,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD55E

secondary

#3E429E

accent

#22CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD55E

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

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