#DAD699#DAD699

#DAD699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.079 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD699
RGB	rgb(218, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 29.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -7.96, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 31.72, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0202 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.079 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.7101, 65.2996, 39.6421)
Luminance	0.6530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD699 #999DDA

analogous

#DAB699 #DAD699 #BDDA99

triadic

#DAD699 #99DAD6 #D699DA

tetradic

#DAD699 #99DAB6 #999DDA #DA99BD

square

#DAD699 #99DAB6 #999DDA #DA99BD

split-complementary

#DAD699 #99BDDA #B699DA

monochromatic

#B6AF42 #CAC46C #DAD699 #EAE8C6 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DAD699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#DAD699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD699

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD699	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.079 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e2b7',
    500: '#dad699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad699;
$custom-light: #e6e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 46.763,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86477,
    "c": 0.07937,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD699

secondary

#666AB1

accent

#34BA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD699

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

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