#DADA51#DADA51

#DADA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.156 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DADA51
RGB	rgb(218, 218, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -16.70, 65.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 67.12, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0515 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.156 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.4718, 65.6439, 17.5314)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DADA51 #5151DA

analogous

#DA9551 #DADA51 #95DA51

triadic

#DADA51 #51DADA #DA51DA

tetradic

#DADA51 #51DA95 #5151DA #DA5195

square

#DADA51 #51DA95 #5151DA #DA5195

split-complementary

#DADA51 #5195DA #9551DA

monochromatic

#92921F #C4C42A #DADA51 #E5E583 #EFEFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DADA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DADA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DADA51

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DADA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DADA51	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dada51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 218, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.156 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e588',
    500: '#dada51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dada51;
$custom-light: #e9e588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dada51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86333,
    "c": 0.15604,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DADA51

secondary

#393997

accent

#40E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DADA51

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

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