#DAD85B#DAD85B

#DAD85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.146 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD85B
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 58.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -15.06, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 62.20, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0458 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.146 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3593, 64.7741, 19.4820)
Luminance	0.6477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD85B #5B5DDA

analogous

#DA985B #DAD85B #9CDA5B

triadic

#DAD85B #5BDAD8 #D85BDA

tetradic

#DAD85B #5BDA98 #5B5DDA #DA5B9C

square

#DAD85B #5BDA98 #5B5DDA #DA5B9C

split-complementary

#DAD85B #5B9CDA #985BDA

monochromatic

#989622 #CAC82E #DAD85B #E5E48D #F1F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#DAD85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD85B

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD85B	1.00	1.50	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.50	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)

#E8D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.146 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38e',
    500: '#dad85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad85b;
$custom-light: #e8e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86003,
    "c": 0.14614,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD85B

secondary

#3D3E9D

accent

#1DCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD85B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →