#DAD85C#DAD85C

#DAD85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.145 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD85C
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -14.98, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 61.77, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0455 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.145 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4027, 64.7914, 19.7107)
Luminance	0.6479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD85C #5C5EDA

analogous

#DA995C #DAD85C #9DDA5C

triadic

#DAD85C #5CDAD8 #D85CDA

tetradic

#DAD85C #5CDA99 #5C5EDA #DA5C9D

square

#DAD85C #5CDA99 #5C5EDA #DA5C9D

split-complementary

#DAD85C #5C9DDA #995CDA

monochromatic

#999723 #CBC82E #DAD85C #E5E48E #F1F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DAD85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD85C

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD85C	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.145 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38f',
    500: '#dad85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad85c;
$custom-light: #e8e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 63,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86013,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD85C

secondary

#3D3F9D

accent

#1ECB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD85C

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

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