#DAD697#DAD697

#DAD697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.082 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD697
RGB	rgb(218, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 30.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -8.21, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 32.73, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.021 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.082 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5463, 65.2340, 38.7794)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD697 #979BDA

analogous

#DAB597 #DAD697 #BDDA97

triadic

#DAD697 #97DAD6 #D697DA

tetradic

#DAD697 #97DAB5 #979BDA #DA97BD

square

#DAD697 #97DAB5 #979BDA #DA97BD

split-complementary

#DAD697 #97BDDA #B597DA

monochromatic

#B6AF41 #CAC46A #DAD697 #EAE8C4 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DAD697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD697

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD697	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.082 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e2b6',
    500: '#dad697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad697;
$custom-light: #e6e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86439,
    "c": 0.08178,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD697

secondary

#6469B1

accent

#33BB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD697

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

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