#DAD962#DAD962

#DAD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.141 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD962
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -15.04, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 59.57, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.045 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.141 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9324, 65.4145, 21.2328)
Luminance	0.6541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD962 #6263DA

analogous

#DA9D62 #DAD962 #9FDA62

triadic

#DAD962 #62DAD9 #D962DA

tetradic

#DAD962 #62DA9D #6263DA #DA629F

square

#DAD962 #62DA9D #6263DA #DA629F

split-complementary

#DAD962 #629FDA #9D62DA

monochromatic

#9D9C25 #CECD31 #DAD962 #E6E594 #F1F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DAD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DAD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD962

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD962	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)

#E9D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.141 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e492',
    500: '#dad962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad962;
$custom-light: #e8e492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86287,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD962

secondary

#4040A1

accent

#1DCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD962

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

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