#DAA520 — Yellow
#DAA520 is a yellow in the Yellow family. In practice it looks like a warm, balanced light butter yellow, and it is also commonly known as Butter Yellow, Lemon Chiffon. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.
#DAA520
Tints and shades (50–950)
Accessibility
Contrast on white
2.24:1
Contrast on black
9.38:1
- AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
- AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
- AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
- AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
- UI components (3:1) on whiteFail
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Complementary palette
Analogous palette
Triadic palette
Copy-ready CSS
brand-scale.css
:root {
--brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.011 84); /* #f9f5ed */
--brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.023 84); /* #f1e9d9 */
--brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.048 84); /* #e8d7b6 */
--brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.086 84); /* #dbbc7f */
--brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.128 84); /* #c89a33 */
--brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.131 84); /* #b08300 */
--brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.118 84); /* #9a7200 */
--brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.104 84); /* #805e00 */
--brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.091 84); /* #6b4e00 */
--brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.081 84); /* #5b4200 */
--brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.058 84); /* #362600 */
}