#DADA59#DADA59

#DADA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.150 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DADA59
RGB	rgb(218, 218, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -16.18, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 63.85, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.0492 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.15 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7897, 65.7710, 19.2055)
Luminance	0.6577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DADA59 #5959DA

analogous

#DA9959 #DADA59 #99DA59

triadic

#DADA59 #59DADA #DA59DA

tetradic

#DADA59 #59DA99 #5959DA #DA5999

square

#DADA59 #59DA99 #5959DA #DA5999

split-complementary

#DADA59 #5999DA #9959DA

monochromatic

#979722 #C9C92D #DADA59 #E5E58B #F0F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DADA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DADA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DADA59

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DADA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DADA59	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dada59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 218, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.150 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e58d',
    500: '#dada59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dada59;
$custom-light: #e8e58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dada59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86406,
    "c": 0.14984,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DADA59

secondary

#3C3C9B

accent

#1ACB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DADA59

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

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