#DAD8A3#DAD8A3
#DAD8A3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.069 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DAD8A3 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(218, 216, 163) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 43%, 75%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 25%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 25.2%, 14.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.33, -7.67, 26.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.33, 27.55, 106.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.09% -0.0191 0.0668) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.09% 0.069 105.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.0802, 66.6624, 44.3454) |
| Luminance | 0.6666 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Beige (survey)
#E6DAA6
ΔE00 3.42
Palegoldenrod
#EEE8AA
ΔE00 4.27
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 5.14
Light Tan
#FBEEAC
ΔE00 6.64
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 7.46
Light Khaki
#E6F2A2
ΔE00 7.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DAD8A3 #A3A5DA
analogous
#DABDA3 #DAD8A3 #C1DAA3
triadic
#DAD8A3 #A3DAD8 #D8A3DA
tetradic
#DAD8A3 #A3DABD #A3A5DA #DAA3C1
square
#DAD8A3 #A3DABD #A3A5DA #DAA3C1
split-complementary
#DAD8A3 #A3C1DA #BDA3DA
monochromatic
#B7B34C #C8C577 #DAD8A3 #ECEBCF #F6F6E9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.47
#DAD8A3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.33
#DAD8A3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DAD8A3
14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DAD8A3 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DAD8A3 | 1.00 | 1.47 | 14.33 | 14.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1D4A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3D6A5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E2D1CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dad8a3; /* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 216, 163); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.069 105.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e6e4be',
500: '#dad8a3',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dad8a3; $custom-light: #e6e4be; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dad8a3",
"rgb": {
"r": 218,
"g": 216,
"b": 163
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.818,
"s": 42.636,
"l": 74.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87085,
"c": 0.06948,
"h": 105.9
},
"luminance": 0.66662
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DAD8A3
secondary
#7072B2
accent
#35B630
background
#FEFEFD
surface
#FCFCF8
border
#D5D5D1
text
#161512
muted
#848482