#DADD51#DADD51

#DADD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.159 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DADD51
RGB	rgb(218, 221, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -18.18, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 68.31, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0556 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.159 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2568, 67.2139, 17.7931)
Luminance	0.6721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DADD51 #5451DD

analogous

#DD9A51 #DADD51 #94DD51

triadic

#DADD51 #51DADD #DD51DA

tetradic

#DADD51 #51DD9A #5451DD #DD5194

square

#DADD51 #51DD9A #5451DD #DD5194

split-complementary

#DADD51 #5194DD #9A51DD

monochromatic

#94961D #C6C927 #DADD51 #E5E784 #F0F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DADD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DADD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DADD51

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DADD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DADD51	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dadd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 221, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.159 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e788',
    500: '#dadd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dadd51;
$custom-light: #e9e788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dadd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8697,
    "c": 0.15911,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DADD51

secondary

#3A389B

accent

#3EEA41

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DADD51

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

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