#DAD659#DAD659

#DAD659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.146 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD659
RGB	rgb(218, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -14.20, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 62.25, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.0436 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.146 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7649, 63.7215, 18.8639)
Luminance	0.6372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD659 #595DDA

analogous

#DA9659 #DAD659 #9DDA59

triadic

#DAD659 #59DAD6 #D659DA

tetradic

#DAD659 #59DA96 #595DDA #DA599D

square

#DAD659 #59DA96 #595DDA #DA599D

split-complementary

#DAD659 #599DDA #9659DA

monochromatic

#979322 #C9C42D #DAD659 #E5E28B #F0EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DAD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#DAD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD659

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD659	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)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.146 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e28d',
    500: '#dad659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad659;
$custom-light: #e8e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85562,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD659

secondary

#3C3F9B

accent

#20CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD659

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

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