#DAD85A#DAD85A

#DAD85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.147 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD85A
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -15.13, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 62.62, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0461 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.147 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3164, 64.7569, 19.2563)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD85A #5A5CDA

analogous

#DA985A #DAD85A #9CDA5A

triadic

#DAD85A #5ADAD8 #D85ADA

tetradic

#DAD85A #5ADA98 #5A5CDA #DA5A9C

square

#DAD85A #5ADA98 #5A5CDA #DA5A9C

split-complementary

#DAD85A #5A9CDA #985ADA

monochromatic

#989622 #CAC72D #DAD85A #E5E48C #F0F0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DAD85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#DAD85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD85A

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD85A	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)

#E8D04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.147 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38d',
    500: '#dad85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad85a;
$custom-light: #e8e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85993,
    "c": 0.14696,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD85A

secondary

#3C3E9C

accent

#1DCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD85A

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

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