#DAD83E#DAD83E

#DAD83E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.167 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD83E
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 71.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -16.72, 71.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 73.39, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0534 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.167 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3408, 64.3667, 14.1180)
Luminance	0.6437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD83E #3E40DA

analogous

#DA8A3E #DAD83E #8EDA3E

triadic

#DAD83E #3EDAD8 #D83EDA

tetradic

#DAD83E #3EDA8A #3E40DA #DA3E8E

square

#DAD83E #3EDA8A #3E40DA #DA3E8E

split-complementary

#DAD83E #3E8EDA #8A3EDA

monochromatic

#848319 #B8B623 #DAD83E #E4E271 #EEEDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DAD83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DAD83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD83E

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD83E	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.167 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37e',
    500: '#dad83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad83e;
$custom-light: #e9e37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 67.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85767,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD83E

secondary

#31338B

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD83E

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

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