#DADB42#DADB42

#DADB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.167 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DADB42
RGB	rgb(218, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -18.01, 70.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 73.11, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0567 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.167 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2302, 65.9634, 14.9761)
Luminance	0.6596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DADB42 #4342DB

analogous

#DB8F42 #DADB42 #8DDB42

triadic

#DADB42 #42DADB #DB42DA

tetradic

#DADB42 #42DB8F #4342DB #DB428D

square

#DADB42 #42DB8F #4342DB #DB428D

split-complementary

#DADB42 #428DDB #8F42DB

monochromatic

#88891A #BBBC24 #DADB42 #E4E575 #EEEFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DADB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#DADB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DADB42

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DADB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DADB42	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dadb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.167 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e580',
    500: '#dadb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dadb42;
$custom-light: #e9e580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dadb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86431,
    "c": 0.16715,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DADB42

secondary

#33338F

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DADB42

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

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