#DAD642#DAD642

#DAD642 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.162 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD642
RGB	rgb(218, 214, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.65, -15.55, 69.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.65, 71.28, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0497 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.162 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9454, 63.3937, 14.5478)
Luminance	0.6339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD642 #4246DA

analogous

#DA8A42 #DAD642 #92DA42

triadic

#DAD642 #42DAD6 #D642DA

tetradic

#DAD642 #42DA8A #4246DA #DA4292

square

#DAD642 #42DA8A #4246DA #DA4292

split-complementary

#DAD642 #4292DA #8A42DA

monochromatic

#87841A #BAB624 #DAD642 #E4E175 #EEECA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DAD642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#DAD642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD642

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD642	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)

#E8CE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 214, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.162 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e280',
    500: '#dad642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad642;
$custom-light: #e9e280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8537,
    "c": 0.16233,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD642

secondary

#33358D

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD642

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

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