#DAD98E#DAD98E

#DAD98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.096 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD98E
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 142)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 34.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -10.82, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 38.67, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.029 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.096 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.6094, 66.4852, 35.3314)
Luminance	0.6648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD98E #8E8FDA

analogous

#DAB38E #DAD98E #B5DA8E

triadic

#DAD98E #8EDAD9 #D98EDA

tetradic

#DAD98E #8EDAB3 #8E8FDA #DA8EB5

square

#DAD98E #8EDAB3 #8E8FDA #DA8EB5

split-complementary

#DAD98E #8EB5DA #B38EDA

monochromatic

#B3B13B #CBC960 #DAD98E #E9E9BC #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DAD98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DAD98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD98E

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD98E	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.096 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4b0',
    500: '#dad98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad98e;
$custom-light: #e6e4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.211,
    "s": 50.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86899,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD98E

secondary

#5B5CB1

accent

#29BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD98E

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

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