#DAC162#DAC162

#DAC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.119 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC162
RGB	rgb(218, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -2.85, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 50.49, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.01 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.119 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1899, 53.9295, 19.3186)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC162 #627BDA

analogous

#DA8562 #DAC162 #B7DA62

triadic

#DAC162 #62DAC1 #C162DA

tetradic

#DAC162 #62DA85 #627BDA #DA62B7

square

#DAC162 #62DA85 #627BDA #DA62B7

split-complementary

#DAC162 #62B7DA #8562DA

monochromatic

#9D8425 #CEAD31 #DAC162 #E6D594 #F1E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DAC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DAC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC162

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC162	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.119 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d391',
    500: '#dac162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac162;
$custom-light: #e8d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81304,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC162

secondary

#4054A1

accent

#40CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC162

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

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