#DADD40#DADD40

#DADD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.170 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DADD40
RGB	rgb(218, 221, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -19.09, 72.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 74.54, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0598 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.17 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6972, 66.9900, 14.8459)
Luminance	0.6699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DADD40 #4340DD

analogous

#DD9140 #DADD40 #8CDD40

triadic

#DADD40 #40DADD #DD40DA

tetradic

#DADD40 #40DD91 #4340DD #DD408C

square

#DADD40 #40DD91 #4340DD #DD408C

split-complementary

#DADD40 #408CDD #9140DD

monochromatic

#888A19 #BBBE22 #DADD40 #E4E674 #EEEFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DADD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DADD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DADD40

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DADD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DADD40	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dadd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 221, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.170 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e77f',
    500: '#dadd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dadd40;
$custom-light: #e9e77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dadd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.146,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86844,
    "c": 0.1703,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DADD40

secondary

#333190

accent

#3BED3F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DADD40

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

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