#DAD596#DAD596

#DAD596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.082 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD596
RGB	rgb(218, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 31.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -7.83, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 32.78, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.02 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.082 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2132, 64.6971, 38.2695)
Luminance	0.6470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD596 #969BDA

analogous

#DAB396 #DAD596 #BDDA96

triadic

#DAD596 #96DAD5 #D596DA

tetradic

#DAD596 #96DAB3 #969BDA #DA96BD

square

#DAD596 #96DAB3 #969BDA #DA96BD

split-complementary

#DAD596 #96BDDA #B396DA

monochromatic

#B6AD40 #CAC369 #DAD596 #EAE7C3 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DAD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#DAD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD596

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD596	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.082 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e1b5',
    500: '#dad596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad596;
$custom-light: #e6e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 47.887,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86214,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD596

secondary

#6369B1

accent

#35BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD596

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

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