#DAC237#DAC237

#DAC237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.152 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC237
RGB	rgb(218, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -5.94, 68.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 68.58, 94.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0237 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.152 99)
XYZ	xyz(48.8972, 53.7673, 11.4162)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC237 #374FDA

analogous

#DA7037 #DAC237 #A0DA37

triadic

#DAC237 #37DAC2 #C237DA

tetradic

#DAC237 #37DA70 #374FDA #DA37A0

square

#DAC237 #37DA70 #374FDA #DA37A0

split-complementary

#DAC237 #37A0DA #7037DA

monochromatic

#7F7018 #B39D21 #DAC237 #E4D26B #EDE29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DAC237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#DAC237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC237

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC237	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)

#D5BD1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.152 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead478',
    500: '#dac237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac237;
$custom-light: #ead478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.166,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81116,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.53765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC237

secondary

#2F3C86

accent

#56EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC237

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

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