#DAD591#DAD591

#DAD591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.088 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD591
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 33.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -8.44, 34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 35.32, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.022 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.088 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.8191, 64.5395, 36.1941)
Luminance	0.6454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD591 #9196DA

analogous

#DAB091 #DAD591 #BADA91

triadic

#DAD591 #91DAD5 #D591DA

tetradic

#DAD591 #91DAB0 #9196DA #DA91BA

square

#DAD591 #91DAB0 #9196DA #DA91BA

split-complementary

#DAD591 #91BADA #B091DA

monochromatic

#B4AC3D #CBC463 #DAD591 #E9E6BF #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DAD591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#DAD591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD591

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD591	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.088 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e1b2',
    500: '#dad591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad591;
$custom-light: #e6e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86123,
    "c": 0.08777,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD591

secondary

#5E64B1

accent

#33BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD591

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

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