#DAD856#DAD856

#DAD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.150 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD856
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -15.39, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 64.30, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0473 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.15 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1508, 64.6906, 18.3837)
Luminance	0.6469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD856 #5658DA

analogous

#DA9656 #DAD856 #9ADA56

triadic

#DAD856 #56DAD8 #D856DA

tetradic

#DAD856 #56DA96 #5658DA #DA569A

square

#DAD856 #56DA96 #5658DA #DA569A

split-complementary

#DAD856 #569ADA #9656DA

monochromatic

#959321 #C7C52C #DAD856 #E5E488 #F0EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DAD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#DAD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD856

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD856	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.150 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38b',
    500: '#dad856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad856;
$custom-light: #e8e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85955,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD856

secondary

#3B3C9A

accent

#43E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD856

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

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