#DAC037#DAC037

#DAC037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.150 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC037
RGB	rgb(218, 192, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -4.91, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 68.01, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0208 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.15 98)
XYZ	xyz(48.4551, 52.8830, 11.2689)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC037 #3751DA

analogous

#DA6E37 #DAC037 #A3DA37

triadic

#DAC037 #37DAC0 #C037DA

tetradic

#DAC037 #37DA6E #3751DA #DA37A3

square

#DAC037 #37DA6E #3751DA #DA37A3

split-complementary

#DAC037 #37A3DA #6E37DA

monochromatic

#7F6F18 #B39B21 #DAC037 #E4D06B #EDE19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DAC037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#DAC037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC037

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC037	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 192, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.150 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead278',
    500: '#dac037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac037;
$custom-light: #ead278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.429,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80704,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.52881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC037

secondary

#2F3D86

accent

#58EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC037

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

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