#DAD949#DAD949

#DAD949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.161 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD949
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -16.67, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 69.83, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0522 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.161 109)
XYZ	xyz(54.9308, 65.0138, 15.9574)
Luminance	0.6501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD949 #494ADA

analogous

#DA9049 #DAD949 #93DA49

triadic

#DAD949 #49DAD9 #D949DA

tetradic

#DAD949 #49DA90 #494ADA #DA4993

square

#DAD949 #49DA90 #494ADA #DA4993

split-complementary

#DAD949 #4993DA #9049DA

monochromatic

#8C8B1C #BFBE27 #DAD949 #E4E47C #EFEEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#DAD949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD949

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD949	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.161 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e484',
    500: '#dad949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad949;
$custom-light: #e9e484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86056,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.65012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD949

secondary

#353692

accent

#40E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD949

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

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