#DAD73E#DAD73E

#DAD73E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.166 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD73E
RGB	rgb(218, 215, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 71.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -16.23, 71.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 73.03, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.052 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.166 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0854, 63.8558, 14.0329)
Luminance	0.6385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD73E #3E41DA

analogous

#DA893E #DAD73E #8FDA3E

triadic

#DAD73E #3EDAD7 #D73EDA

tetradic

#DAD73E #3EDA89 #3E41DA #DA3E8F

square

#DAD73E #3EDA89 #3E41DA #DA3E8F

split-complementary

#DAD73E #3E8FDA #893EDA

monochromatic

#848219 #B8B523 #DAD73E #E4E271 #EEECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DAD73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DAD73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD73E

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD73E	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 215, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.166 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37e',
    500: '#dad73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad73e;
$custom-light: #e9e37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 67.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85555,
    "c": 0.16568,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD73E

secondary

#31338B

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD73E

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

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