#DAD978#DAD978

#DAD978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.120 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD978
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 45%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -13.15, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 49.43, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0374 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.12 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.1176, 65.8885, 27.4746)
Luminance	0.6589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD978 #7879DA

analogous

#DAA878 #DAD978 #AADA78

triadic

#DAD978 #78DAD9 #D978DA

tetradic

#DAD978 #78DAA8 #7879DA #DA78AA

square

#DAD978 #78DAA8 #7879DA #DA78AA

split-complementary

#DAD978 #78AADA #A878DA

monochromatic

#A9A82E #CDCB48 #DAD978 #E7E7A8 #F4F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DAD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DAD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD978

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD978	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.120 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4a1',
    500: '#dad978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad978;
$custom-light: #e7e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86559,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD978

secondary

#4A4BAC

accent

#23C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD978

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

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