#DAD987#DAD987

#DAD987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.104 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD987
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 38.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -11.61, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 42.14, 105.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0317 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.104 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1003, 66.2816, 32.6500)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD987 #8788DA

analogous

#DAB087 #DAD987 #B2DA87

triadic

#DAD987 #87DAD9 #D987DA

tetradic

#DAD987 #87DAB0 #8788DA #DA87B2

square

#DAD987 #87DAB0 #8788DA #DA87B2

split-complementary

#DAD987 #87B2DA #B087DA

monochromatic

#B0AF36 #CCCA58 #DAD987 #E8E8B6 #F7F7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DAD987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#DAD987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD987

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD987	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D68B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.104 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4ab',
    500: '#dad987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad987;
$custom-light: #e7e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.277,
    "s": 52.866,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86783,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD987

secondary

#5556B1

accent

#27C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD987

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

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