#DAD85D#DAD85D

#DAD85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.144 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD85D
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -14.91, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 61.34, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0452 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.144 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4467, 64.8090, 19.9424)
Luminance	0.6481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD85D #5D5FDA

analogous

#DA995D #DAD85D #9DDA5D

triadic

#DAD85D #5DDAD8 #D85DDA

tetradic

#DAD85D #5DDA99 #5D5FDA #DA5D9D

square

#DAD85D #5DDA99 #5D5FDA #DA5D9D

split-complementary

#DAD85D #5D9DDA #995DDA

monochromatic

#9A9823 #CBC92E #DAD85D #E5E48F #F1F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DAD85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD85D

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD85D	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)

#E8D050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.144 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e38f',
    500: '#dad85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad85d;
$custom-light: #e8e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86023,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD85D

secondary

#3D3F9E

accent

#1ECB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD85D

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

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