#DAD74A#DAD74A

#DAD74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.158 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD74A
RGB	rgb(218, 215, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 66.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.97, -15.62, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.97, 68.70, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% -0.0492 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.158 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4518, 64.0024, 15.9626)
Luminance	0.6400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD74A #4A4DDA

analogous

#DA8F4A #DAD74A #95DA4A

triadic

#DAD74A #4ADAD7 #D74ADA

tetradic

#DAD74A #4ADA8F #4A4DDA #DA4A95

square

#DAD74A #4ADA8F #4A4DDA #DA4A95

split-complementary

#DAD74A #4A95DA #8F4ADA

monochromatic

#8D8A1D #C0BC27 #DAD74A #E4E27D #EFEDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DAD74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#DAD74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD74A

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD74A	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 215, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.158 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e384',
    500: '#dad74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad74a;
$custom-light: #e9e384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85641,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD74A

secondary

#363892

accent

#42E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD74A

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

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