#DADA42#DADA42

#DADA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.166 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DADA42
RGB	rgb(218, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -17.52, 70.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 72.74, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0553 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.166 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9702, 65.4432, 14.8894)
Luminance	0.6544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DADA42 #4242DA

analogous

#DA8E42 #DADA42 #8EDA42

triadic

#DADA42 #42DADA #DA42DA

tetradic

#DADA42 #42DA8E #4242DA #DA428E

square

#DADA42 #42DA8E #4242DA #DA428E

split-complementary

#DADA42 #428EDA #8E42DA

monochromatic

#87871A #BABA24 #DADA42 #E4E475 #EEEEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DADA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DADA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DADA42

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DADA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DADA42	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dada42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.166 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e580',
    500: '#dada42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dada42;
$custom-light: #e9e580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dada42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86218,
    "c": 0.16617,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DADA42

secondary

#33338D

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DADA42

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

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