#DAD696#DAD696

#DAD696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.083 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD696
RGB	rgb(218, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 31.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -8.34, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 33.24, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0214 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.083 105)
XYZ	xyz(58.4655, 65.2017, 38.3536)
Luminance	0.6520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD696 #969ADA

analogous

#DAB496 #DAD696 #BCDA96

triadic

#DAD696 #96DAD6 #D696DA

tetradic

#DAD696 #96DAB4 #969ADA #DA96BC

square

#DAD696 #96DAB4 #969ADA #DA96BC

split-complementary

#DAD696 #96BCDA #B496DA

monochromatic

#B6AF40 #CAC469 #DAD696 #EAE8C3 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#DAD696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD696

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD696	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.083 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e2b5',
    500: '#dad696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad696;
$custom-light: #e6e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 47.887,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8642,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.65201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD696

secondary

#6368B1

accent

#33BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD696

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

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