#DAC040#DAC040

#DAC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.145 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC040
RGB	rgb(218, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -4.50, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 64.76, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0187 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.145 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6909, 52.9773, 12.5105)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC040 #405ADA

analogous

#DA7340 #DAC040 #A7DA40

triadic

#DAC040 #40DAC0 #C040DA

tetradic

#DAC040 #40DA73 #405ADA #DA40A7

square

#DAC040 #40DA73 #405ADA #DA40A7

split-complementary

#DAC040 #40A7DA #7340DA

monochromatic

#86731A #B9A024 #DAC040 #E4D173 #EEE2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#DAC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#DAC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC040

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC040	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.145 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d27c',
    500: '#dac040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac040;
$custom-light: #e9d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80766,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC040

secondary

#32418C

accent

#5BEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC040

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

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