#DAD862#DAD862

#DAD862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.140 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD862
RGB	rgb(218, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.43, -14.54, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.43, 59.15, 104.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.08% -0.0436 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(86.08% 0.14 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6755, 64.9005, 21.1471)
Luminance	0.6490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD862 #6264DA

analogous

#DA9C62 #DAD862 #A0DA62

triadic

#DAD862 #62DAD8 #D862DA

tetradic

#DAD862 #62DA9C #6264DA #DA62A0

square

#DAD862 #62DA9C #6264DA #DA62A0

split-complementary

#DAD862 #62A0DA #9C62DA

monochromatic

#9D9B25 #CECC31 #DAD862 #E6E494 #F1F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#DAD862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD862

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD862	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)

#E8D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.140 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e392',
    500: '#dad862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad862;
$custom-light: #e8e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86076,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD862

secondary

#4041A1

accent

#1FCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD862

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →