#DAD99D#DAD99D

#DAD99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.078 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD99D
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 28%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -8.97, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 31.10, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.023 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.078 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8123, 66.9664, 41.6667)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD99D #9D9EDA

analogous

#DABA9D #DAD99D #BCDA9D

triadic

#DAD99D #9DDAD9 #D99DDA

tetradic

#DAD99D #9DDABA #9D9EDA #DA9DBC

square

#DAD99D #9DDABA #9D9EDA #DA9DBC

split-complementary

#DAD99D #9DBCDA #BA9DDA

monochromatic

#B7B545 #C9C871 #DAD99D #EBEAC9 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DAD99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DAD99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD99D

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD99D	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.078 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4ba',
    500: '#dad99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad99d;
$custom-light: #e6e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 45.185,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87172,
    "c": 0.0781,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD99D

secondary

#6A6BB1

accent

#2FB82D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD99D

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

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