#DAD657#DAD657

#DAD657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.147 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD657
RGB	rgb(218, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -14.33, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 63.10, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0442 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.147 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.6821, 63.6883, 18.4276)
Luminance	0.6369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD657 #575BDA

analogous

#DA9557 #DAD657 #9DDA57

triadic

#DAD657 #57DAD6 #D657DA

tetradic

#DAD657 #57DA95 #575BDA #DA579D

square

#DAD657 #57DA95 #575BDA #DA579D

split-complementary

#DAD657 #579DDA #9557DA

monochromatic

#969221 #C8C32C #DAD657 #E5E289 #F0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DAD657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#DAD657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD657

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD657	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.147 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e28b',
    500: '#dad657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad657;
$custom-light: #e8e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85543,
    "c": 0.14737,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD657

secondary

#3B3E9A

accent

#46E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD657

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

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