#DAD937#DAD937

#DAD937 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.171 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD937
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -17.51, 73.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 76.00, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% -0.0562 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.171 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4179, 64.8087, 13.2565)
Luminance	0.6481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD937 #3738DA

analogous

#DA8737 #DAD937 #89DA37

triadic

#DAD937 #37DAD9 #D937DA

tetradic

#DAD937 #37DA87 #3738DA #DA3789

square

#DAD937 #37DA87 #3738DA #DA3789

split-complementary

#DAD937 #3789DA #8737DA

monochromatic

#7F7E18 #B3B221 #DAD937 #E4E36B #EDED9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DAD937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD937

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD937	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)

#EBD00D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.171 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e47a',
    500: '#dad937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad937;
$custom-light: #e9e47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.632,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85938,
    "c": 0.17137,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD937

secondary

#2F3086

accent

#3DEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD937

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

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