#DADC00

A medium, vivid yellow closely aligning with Yellow.

About #DADC00

At its core, #DADC00 is a medium and vivid hue. Its closest recognized web color is Yellow. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 218, 220, and 0.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 1% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 60.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#DADC00
RGB218, 220, 0
HSL60.5°, 100.0%, 43.1%
CMYK1%, 0%, 100%, 14%
HSV60.5°, 100.0%, 86.3%
LAB85.0, -20.1, 84.3
XYZ54.5, 66.1, 9.9
Decimal14343168

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.48:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
14.22:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.41:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
12.09:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #DADC00; }
.text-color { color: #DADC00; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #DADC00; }

Similar Colors

Yellow
#FFFF00