#DAD861#DAD861

#DAD861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.141 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD861
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 55.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.42, -14.62, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.42, 59.59, 104.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0439 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.141 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6285, 64.8818, 20.9000)
Luminance	0.6488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD861 #6163DA

analogous

#DA9C61 #DAD861 #A0DA61

triadic

#DAD861 #61DAD8 #D861DA

tetradic

#DAD861 #61DA9C #6163DA #DA61A0

square

#DAD861 #61DA9C #6163DA #DA61A0

split-complementary

#DAD861 #61A0DA #9C61DA

monochromatic

#9C9A25 #CECB30 #DAD861 #E6E493 #F1F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#DAD861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD861

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD861	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.141 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e392',
    500: '#dad861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad861;
$custom-light: #e8e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86065,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD861

secondary

#3F41A0

accent

#1FCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD861

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

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