#DAD859#DAD859

#DAD859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.148 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD859
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.35, -15.19, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.35, 63.05, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0464 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.148 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2742, 64.7400, 19.0337)
Luminance	0.6474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD859 #595BDA

analogous

#DA9859 #DAD859 #9BDA59

triadic

#DAD859 #59DAD8 #D859DA

tetradic

#DAD859 #59DA98 #595BDA #DA599B

square

#DAD859 #59DA98 #595BDA #DA599B

split-complementary

#DAD859 #599BDA #9859DA

monochromatic

#979522 #C9C72D #DAD859 #E5E48B #F0F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DAD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#DAD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD859

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD859	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.148 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38d',
    500: '#dad859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad859;
$custom-light: #e8e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85984,
    "c": 0.14778,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD859

secondary

#3C3D9B

accent

#1DCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD859

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

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