#DAD997#DAD997

#DAD997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.085 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD997
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 30.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -9.73, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 34.14, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0254 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.085 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3126, 66.7665, 39.0349)
Luminance	0.6677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD997 #9798DA

analogous

#DAB797 #DAD997 #BADA97

triadic

#DAD997 #97DAD9 #D997DA

tetradic

#DAD997 #97DAB7 #9798DA #DA97BA

square

#DAD997 #97DAB7 #9798DA #DA97BA

split-complementary

#DAD997 #97BADA #B797DA

monochromatic

#B6B441 #CAC96A #DAD997 #EAE9C4 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DAD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DAD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD997

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD997	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.085 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4b6',
    500: '#dad997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad997;
$custom-light: #e6e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 47.518,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87059,
    "c": 0.08534,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD997

secondary

#6465B1

accent

#2DBB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD997

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

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