#DAD737#DAD737

#DAD737 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.170 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD737
RGB	rgb(218, 215, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -16.53, 73.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 75.30, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0535 0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.17 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.9056, 63.7839, 13.0857)
Luminance	0.6378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD737 #373ADA

analogous

#DA8537 #DAD737 #8BDA37

triadic

#DAD737 #37DAD7 #D737DA

tetradic

#DAD737 #37DA85 #373ADA #DA378B

square

#DAD737 #37DA85 #373ADA #DA378B

split-complementary

#DAD737 #378BDA #8537DA

monochromatic

#7F7D18 #B3B021 #DAD737 #E4E16B #EDEC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DAD737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DAD737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD737

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD737	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)

#E9CE0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 215, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.170 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37a',
    500: '#dad737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad737;
$custom-light: #e9e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.896,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85514,
    "c": 0.1695,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD737

secondary

#2F3186

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD737

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

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