#DAD742#DAD742

#DAD742 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.163 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD742
RGB	rgb(218, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -16.04, 69.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 71.64, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0511 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.163 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1992, 63.9014, 14.6324)
Luminance	0.6390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD742 #4245DA

analogous

#DA8B42 #DAD742 #91DA42

triadic

#DAD742 #42DAD7 #D742DA

tetradic

#DAD742 #42DA8B #4245DA #DA4291

square

#DAD742 #42DA8B #4245DA #DA4291

split-complementary

#DAD742 #4291DA #8B42DA

monochromatic

#87851A #BAB724 #DAD742 #E4E275 #EEEDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DAD742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#DAD742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD742

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD742	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.163 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e380',
    500: '#dad742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad742;
$custom-light: #e9e380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.816,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85582,
    "c": 0.16327,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD742

secondary

#33358D

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD742

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

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