#DAD955#DAD955

#DAD955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.152 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD955
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -15.96, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 65.11, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.049 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.152 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3677, 65.1886, 18.2586)
Luminance	0.6519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD955 #5556DA

analogous

#DA9755 #DAD955 #99DA55

triadic

#DAD955 #55DAD9 #D955DA

tetradic

#DAD955 #55DA97 #5556DA #DA5599

square

#DAD955 #55DA97 #5556DA #DA5599

split-complementary

#DAD955 #5599DA #9755DA

monochromatic

#949320 #C7C52B #DAD955 #E5E487 #F0EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#DAD955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD955

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD955	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.152 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e48a',
    500: '#dad955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad955;
$custom-light: #e8e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86157,
    "c": 0.15199,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD955

secondary

#3A3B99

accent

#42E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD955

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

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