#DAC159#DAC159

#DAC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.127 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC159
RGB	rgb(218, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -3.52, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 54.62, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.013 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.127 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7886, 53.7689, 17.2051)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC159 #5972DA

analogous

#DA8059 #DAC159 #B3DA59

triadic

#DAC159 #59DAC1 #C159DA

tetradic

#DAC159 #59DA80 #5972DA #DA59B3

square

#DAC159 #59DA80 #5972DA #DA59B3

split-complementary

#DAC159 #59B3DA #8059DA

monochromatic

#978022 #C9AB2D #DAC159 #E5D48B #F0E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DAC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#DAC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC159

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC159	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.127 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d38b',
    500: '#dac159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac159;
$custom-light: #e8d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.812,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC159

secondary

#3C4E9B

accent

#3DCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC159

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

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