#DAD97D#DAD97D

#DAD97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.115 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD97D
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 43%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 42.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -12.66, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 47.03, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0355 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.115 108)
XYZ	xyz(57.4290, 66.0131, 29.1146)
Luminance	0.6601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD97D #7D7EDA

analogous

#DAAB7D #DAD97D #ADDA7D

triadic

#DAD97D #7DDAD9 #D97DDA

tetradic

#DAD97D #7DDAAB #7D7EDA #DA7DAD

square

#DAD97D #7DDAAB #7D7EDA #DA7DAD

split-complementary

#DAD97D #7DADDA #AB7DDA

monochromatic

#ACAA31 #CCCB4D #DAD97D #E8E7AD #F5F5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DAD97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DAD97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD97D

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD97D	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.115 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4a4',
    500: '#dad97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad97d;
$custom-light: #e7e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.355,
    "s": 55.689,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8663,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.66012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD97D

secondary

#4D4EAF

accent

#24C322

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD97D

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

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