#DAD970#DAD970

#DAD970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.128 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD970
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 48.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -13.89, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 53.21, 105.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0403 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.128 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6522, 65.7024, 25.0236)
Luminance	0.6570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD970 #7071DA

analogous

#DAA470 #DAD970 #A6DA70

triadic

#DAD970 #70DAD9 #D970DA

tetradic

#DAD970 #70DAA4 #7071DA #DA70A6

square

#DAD970 #70DAA4 #7071DA #DA70A6

split-complementary

#DAD970 #70A6DA #A470DA

monochromatic

#A5A42B #CDCC3F #DAD970 #E7E6A1 #F3F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DAD970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DAD970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD970

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD970	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.128 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e49b',
    500: '#dad970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad970;
$custom-light: #e7e49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86452,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD970

secondary

#4647A8

accent

#21C71F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD970

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

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