#DAD799#DAD799

#DAD799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.081 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD799
RGB	rgb(218, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 29.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -8.47, 31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 32.18, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0217 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.081 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9640, 65.8073, 39.7267)
Luminance	0.6581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD799 #999CDA

analogous

#DAB699 #DAD799 #BCDA99

triadic

#DAD799 #99DAD7 #D799DA

tetradic

#DAD799 #99DAB6 #999CDA #DA99BC

square

#DAD799 #99DAB6 #999CDA #DA99BC

split-complementary

#DAD799 #99BCDA #B699DA

monochromatic

#B6B142 #CAC56C #DAD799 #EAE9C6 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DAD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#DAD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD799

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD799	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.081 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e3b7',
    500: '#dad799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad799;
$custom-light: #e6e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 46.763,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86683,
    "c": 0.08055,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD799

secondary

#6669B1

accent

#32BA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD799

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

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