#DAD963#DAD963

#DAD963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.140 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD963
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 99)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 54.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -14.96, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 59.12, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.0447 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.14 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9799, 65.4335, 21.4830)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD963 #6364DA

analogous

#DA9E63 #DAD963 #9FDA63

triadic

#DAD963 #63DAD9 #D963DA

tetradic

#DAD963 #63DA9E #6364DA #DA639F

square

#DAD963 #63DA9E #6364DA #DA639F

split-complementary

#DAD963 #639FDA #9E63DA

monochromatic

#9D9C25 #CECD32 #DAD963 #E6E594 #F1F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DAD963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DAD963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD963

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD963	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.140 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e493',
    500: '#dad963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad963;
$custom-light: #e8e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.496,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86298,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD963

secondary

#4041A1

accent

#1EC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD963

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

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