#DAD956#DAD956

#DAD956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.151 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD956
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -15.89, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 64.70, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.0487 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.151 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4077, 65.2046, 18.4693)
Luminance	0.6520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD956 #5657DA

analogous

#DA9756 #DAD956 #99DA56

triadic

#DAD956 #56DAD9 #D956DA

tetradic

#DAD956 #56DA97 #5657DA #DA5699

square

#DAD956 #56DA97 #5657DA #DA5699

split-complementary

#DAD956 #5699DA #9756DA

monochromatic

#959421 #C7C62C #DAD956 #E5E488 #F0F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DAD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#DAD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD956

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD956	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)

#E9D146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.151 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e48b',
    500: '#dad956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad956;
$custom-light: #e8e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86166,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD956

secondary

#3B3B9A

accent

#42E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD956

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

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