#DAD837#DAD837

#DAD837 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.170 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD837
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -17.02, 73.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 75.65, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0549 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.17 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1610, 64.2947, 13.1708)
Luminance	0.6429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD837 #3739DA

analogous

#DA8637 #DAD837 #8ADA37

triadic

#DAD837 #37DAD8 #D837DA

tetradic

#DAD837 #37DA86 #3739DA #DA378A

square

#DAD837 #37DA86 #3739DA #DA378A

split-complementary

#DAD837 #378ADA #8637DA

monochromatic

#7F7E18 #B3B121 #DAD837 #E4E26B #EDEC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DAD837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DAD837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD837

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD837	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.170 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37a',
    500: '#dad837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad837;
$custom-light: #e9e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.264,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85726,
    "c": 0.17043,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD837

secondary

#2F3086

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD837

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

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