#DAD855#DAD855

#DAD855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.151 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD855
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -15.46, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 64.72, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0476 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.151 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1107, 64.6746, 18.1730)
Luminance	0.6467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD855 #5557DA

analogous

#DA9655 #DAD855 #9ADA55

triadic

#DAD855 #55DAD8 #D855DA

tetradic

#DAD855 #55DA96 #5557DA #DA559A

square

#DAD855 #55DA96 #5557DA #DA559A

split-complementary

#DAD855 #559ADA #9655DA

monochromatic

#949320 #C7C42B #DAD855 #E5E487 #F0EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DAD855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#DAD855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD855

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD855	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.151 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38a',
    500: '#dad855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad855;
$custom-light: #e8e38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85946,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD855

secondary

#3A3C99

accent

#43E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD855

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

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