#DAC156#DAC156

#DAC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.129 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC156
RGB	rgb(218, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -3.73, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 55.96, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.014 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.129 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6652, 53.7196, 16.5552)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC156 #566FDA

analogous

#DA7F56 #DAC156 #B1DA56

triadic

#DAC156 #56DAC1 #C156DA

tetradic

#DAC156 #56DA7F #566FDA #DA56B1

square

#DAC156 #56DA7F #566FDA #DA56B1

split-complementary

#DAC156 #56B1DA #7F56DA

monochromatic

#957F21 #C7AA2C #DAC156 #E5D388 #F0E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DAC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#DAC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC156

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC156	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.129 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d389',
    500: '#dac156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac156;
$custom-light: #e8d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81168,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC156

secondary

#3B4D9A

accent

#60E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC156

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

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