#DADA55#DADA55

#DADA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.153 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DADA55
RGB	rgb(218, 218, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.85, -16.45, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.85, 65.51, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0504 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.153 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6262, 65.7056, 18.3448)
Luminance	0.6570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DADA55 #5555DA

analogous

#DA9855 #DADA55 #98DA55

triadic

#DADA55 #55DADA #DA55DA

tetradic

#DADA55 #55DA98 #5555DA #DA5598

square

#DADA55 #55DA98 #5555DA #DA5598

split-complementary

#DADA55 #5598DA #9855DA

monochromatic

#949420 #C7C72B #DADA55 #E5E587 #F0F0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DADA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DADA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DADA55

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DADA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DADA55	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dada55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 218, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.153 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e58b',
    500: '#dada55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dada55;
$custom-light: #e8e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dada55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86369,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DADA55

secondary

#3A3A99

accent

#41E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DADA55

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

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