#DADA40#DADA40

#DADA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.167 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DADA40
RGB	rgb(218, 218, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -17.62, 71.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 73.43, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0557 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.167 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9122, 65.4200, 14.5842)
Luminance	0.6542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DADA40 #4040DA

analogous

#DA8D40 #DADA40 #8DDA40

triadic

#DADA40 #40DADA #DA40DA

tetradic

#DADA40 #40DA8D #4040DA #DA408D

square

#DADA40 #40DA8D #4040DA #DA408D

split-complementary

#DADA40 #408DDA #8D40DA

monochromatic

#86861A #B9B924 #DADA40 #E4E473 #EEEEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DADA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DADA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DADA40

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DADA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DADA40	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dada40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 218, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.167 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e57f',
    500: '#dada40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dada40;
$custom-light: #e9e57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dada40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86205,
    "c": 0.16737,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DADA40

secondary

#32328C

accent

#3DEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DADA40

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

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