#DAD65D#DAD65D

#DAD65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.142 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD65D
RGB	rgb(218, 214, 93)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 57.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -13.92, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 60.53, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.0423 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.142 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.9375, 63.7905, 19.7727)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD65D #5D61DA

analogous

#DA975D #DAD65D #9FDA5D

triadic

#DAD65D #5DDAD6 #D65DDA

tetradic

#DAD65D #5DDA97 #5D61DA #DA5D9F

square

#DAD65D #5DDA97 #5D61DA #DA5D9F

split-complementary

#DAD65D #5D9FDA #975DDA

monochromatic

#9A9623 #CBC62E #DAD65D #E5E38F #F1EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DAD65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DAD65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD65D

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD65D	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 214, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.142 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e28f',
    500: '#dad65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad65d;
$custom-light: #e8e28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85602,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD65D

secondary

#3D409E

accent

#21CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD65D

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

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