#DAD951#DAD951

#DAD951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.155 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD951
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -16.21, 64.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 66.73, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0501 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.155 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2133, 65.1268, 17.4453)
Luminance	0.6512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD951 #5152DA

analogous

#DA9451 #DAD951 #96DA51

triadic

#DAD951 #51DAD9 #D951DA

tetradic

#DAD951 #51DA94 #5152DA #DA5196

square

#DAD951 #51DA94 #5152DA #DA5196

split-complementary

#DAD951 #5196DA #9451DA

monochromatic

#92911F #C4C32A #DAD951 #E5E483 #EFEFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DAD951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD951

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD951	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.155 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e488',
    500: '#dad951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad951;
$custom-light: #e9e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86122,
    "c": 0.15503,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD951

secondary

#393997

accent

#41E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD951

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

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