#DAD960#DAD960

#DAD960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.143 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD960
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -15.19, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 60.44, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0456 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.143 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8392, 65.3772, 20.7417)
Luminance	0.6538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD960 #6061DA

analogous

#DA9C60 #DAD960 #9EDA60

triadic

#DAD960 #60DAD9 #D960DA

tetradic

#DAD960 #60DA9C #6061DA #DA609E

square

#DAD960 #60DA9C #6061DA #DA609E

split-complementary

#DAD960 #609EDA #9C60DA

monochromatic

#9B9A24 #CDCC30 #DAD960 #E6E592 #F1F1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DAD960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DAD960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD960

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD960	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.143 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e491',
    500: '#dad960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad960;
$custom-light: #e8e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86265,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD960

secondary

#3F3FA0

accent

#1DCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD960

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

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