#DAD985#DAD985

#DAD985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.106 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD985
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 39%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -11.82, 41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 43.13, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0325 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.106 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.9608, 66.2258, 31.9153)
Luminance	0.6623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD985 #8586DA

analogous

#DAAF85 #DAD985 #B1DA85

triadic

#DAD985 #85DAD9 #D985DA

tetradic

#DAD985 #85DAAF #8586DA #DA85B1

square

#DAD985 #85DAAF #8586DA #DA85B1

split-complementary

#DAD985 #85B1DA #AF85DA

monochromatic

#AFAE35 #CCCA56 #DAD985 #E8E8B4 #F6F6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DAD985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DAD985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD985

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD985	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.106 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4a9',
    500: '#dad985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad985;
$custom-light: #e7e4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86751,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD985

secondary

#5354B1

accent

#26C125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD985

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

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