#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
RGBrgb(218, 216, 55)
HSLhsl(59, 69%, 54%)
HSVhsv(59, 75%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.9%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(84.12, -17.02, 73.71)
CIE-LCHlch(84.12, 75.65, 103.00°)
OKLaboklab(85.73% -0.0549 0.1614)
OKLCHoklch(85.73% 0.17 108.8)
XYZxyz(54.1610, 64.2947, 13.1708)
Luminance0.6429 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DAD8371.001.5213.8613.86
#FFFFFF1.521.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8621.001.001.00
##00000013.8621.001.001.00

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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#DAD837 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva