#DAD561#DAD561

#DAD561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.138 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD561
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.63, -13.12, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.63, 58.37, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.0396 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.138 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.8670, 63.3586, 20.6462)
Luminance	0.6336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD561 #6166DA

analogous

#DA9961 #DAD561 #A3DA61

triadic

#DAD561 #61DAD5 #D561DA

tetradic

#DAD561 #61DA99 #6166DA #DA61A3

square

#DAD561 #61DA99 #6166DA #DA61A3

split-complementary

#DAD561 #61A3DA #9961DA

monochromatic

#9C9725 #CEC730 #DAD561 #E6E293 #F1EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DAD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD561

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD561	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.138 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e192',
    500: '#dad561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad561;
$custom-light: #e8e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85435,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD561

secondary

#3F43A0

accent

#23CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD561

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

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