#DAD85E#DAD85E

#DAD85E 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 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD85E
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 56.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -14.84, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 60.91, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.0448 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.144 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4913, 64.8269, 20.1772)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD85E #5E60DA

analogous

#DA9A5E #DAD85E #9EDA5E

triadic

#DAD85E #5EDAD8 #D85EDA

tetradic

#DAD85E #5EDA9A #5E60DA #DA5E9E

square

#DAD85E #5EDA9A #5E60DA #DA5E9E

split-complementary

#DAD85E #5E9EDA #9A5EDA

monochromatic

#9A9823 #CCC92F #DAD85E #E5E490 #F1F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#DAD85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD85E

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD85E	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.144 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e390',
    500: '#dad85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad85e;
$custom-light: #e8e390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 62.626,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86034,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD85E

secondary

#3E3F9E

accent

#1ECA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD85E

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

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