#DAD759#DAD759

#DAD759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.147 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD759
RGB	rgb(218, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, -14.70, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 62.65, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.045 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.147 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.0188, 64.2292, 18.9485)
Luminance	0.6423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD759 #595CDA

analogous

#DA9759 #DAD759 #9CDA59

triadic

#DAD759 #59DAD7 #D759DA

tetradic

#DAD759 #59DA97 #595CDA #DA599C

square

#DAD759 #59DA97 #595CDA #DA599C

split-complementary

#DAD759 #599CDA #9759DA

monochromatic

#979422 #C9C52D #DAD759 #E5E38B #F0EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DAD759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#DAD759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD759

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD759	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.147 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38d',
    500: '#dad759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad759;
$custom-light: #e8e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85773,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD759

secondary

#3C3E9B

accent

#1ECB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD759

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

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