#DAD562#DAD562

#DAD562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.137 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD562
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.64, -13.05, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.64, 57.92, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0393 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.137 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9139, 63.3774, 20.8933)
Luminance	0.6338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD562 #6267DA

analogous

#DA9962 #DAD562 #A3DA62

triadic

#DAD562 #62DAD5 #D562DA

tetradic

#DAD562 #62DA99 #6267DA #DA62A3

square

#DAD562 #62DA99 #6267DA #DA62A3

split-complementary

#DAD562 #62A3DA #9962DA

monochromatic

#9D9825 #CEC831 #DAD562 #E6E294 #F1EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#DAD562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD562

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD562	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.137 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e192',
    500: '#dad562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad562;
$custom-light: #e8e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85446,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD562

secondary

#4044A1

accent

#23CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD562

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

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