#DAD99E#DAD99E

#DAD99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.077 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAD99E
RGB	rgb(218, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 27.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -8.84, 29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 30.59, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0226 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.077 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8980, 67.0007, 42.1182)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAD99E #9E9FDA

analogous

#DABB9E #DAD99E #BDDA9E

triadic

#DAD99E #9EDAD9 #D99EDA

tetradic

#DAD99E #9EDABB #9E9FDA #DA9EBD

square

#DAD99E #9EDABB #9E9FDA #DA9EBD

split-complementary

#DAD99E #9EBDDA #BB9EDA

monochromatic

#B8B646 #C9C872 #DAD99E #EBEACA #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DAD99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DAD99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAD99E

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAD99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAD99E	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dad99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.077 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e4bb',
    500: '#dad99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dad99e;
$custom-light: #e6e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dad99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 44.776,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87191,
    "c": 0.07687,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAD99E

secondary

#6B6CB1

accent

#30B82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAD99E

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

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