#DAD84D#DAD84D

#DAD84D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.157 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD84D
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.25, -15.95, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.25, 67.92, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0498 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.157 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8107, 64.5546, 16.5928)
Luminance	0.6455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD84D #4D4FDA

analogous

#DA914D #DAD84D #95DA4D

triadic

#DAD84D #4DDAD8 #D84DDA

tetradic

#DAD84D #4DDA91 #4D4FDA #DA4D95

square

#DAD84D #4DDA91 #4D4FDA #DA4D95

split-complementary

#DAD84D #4D95DA #914DDA

monochromatic

#8F8D1E #C2BF28 #DAD84D #E5E380 #EFEEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DAD84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#DAD84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD84D

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD84D	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.157 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e386',
    500: '#dad84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad84d;
$custom-light: #e9e386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85876,
    "c": 0.15693,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD84D

secondary

#373894

accent

#42E93F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD84D

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

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