#DAD840#DAD840

#DAD840 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.165 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD840
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.17, -16.63, 70.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.17, 72.70, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.053 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.165 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3967, 64.3890, 14.4124)
Luminance	0.6439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD840 #4042DA

analogous

#DA8B40 #DAD840 #8FDA40

triadic

#DAD840 #40DAD8 #D840DA

tetradic

#DAD840 #40DA8B #4042DA #DA408F

square

#DAD840 #40DA8B #4042DA #DA408F

split-complementary

#DAD840 #408FDA #8B40DA

monochromatic

#86841A #B9B724 #DAD840 #E4E273 #EEEDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DAD840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#DAD840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD840

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD840	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.165 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e37f',
    500: '#dad840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad840;
$custom-light: #e9e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.221,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8578,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD840

secondary

#32338C

accent

#40EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD840

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

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