#DAD97E#DAD97E

#DAD97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.114 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD97E
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 42.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -12.56, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 46.55, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0352 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.114 108)
XYZ	xyz(57.4932, 66.0388, 29.4527)
Luminance	0.6604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD97E #7E7FDA

analogous

#DAAB7E #DAD97E #ADDA7E

triadic

#DAD97E #7EDAD9 #D97EDA

tetradic

#DAD97E #7EDAAB #7E7FDA #DA7EAD

square

#DAD97E #7EDAAB #7E7FDA #DA7EAD

split-complementary

#DAD97E #7EADDA #AB7EDA

monochromatic

#ACAB31 #CCCB4E #DAD97E #E8E7AE #F5F5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DAD97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DAD97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD97E

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD97E	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.114 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4a5',
    500: '#dad97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad97e;
$custom-light: #e7e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.348,
    "s": 55.422,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86644,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.66037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD97E

secondary

#4D4EAF

accent

#24C323

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD97E

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

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