#DAC248#DAC248
#DAC248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DAC248 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(218, 194, 72) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 66%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 67%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 67%, 14.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.44, -5.12, 62.01) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.44, 62.22, 94.72°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.24% -0.0196 0.1396) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.24% 0.141 98) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.3772, 53.9592, 13.9439) |
| Luminance | 0.5396 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.01
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 4.61
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 4.71
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.01
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.06
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DAC248 #4860DA
analogous
#DA7948 #DAC248 #A9DA48
triadic
#DAC248 #48DAC2 #C248DA
tetradic
#DAC248 #48DA79 #4860DA #DA48A9
square
#DAC248 #48DA79 #4860DA #DA48A9
split-complementary
#DAC248 #48A9DA #7948DA
monochromatic
#8B791C #BEA526 #DAC248 #E4D37B #EFE4AE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.78
#DAC248 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.79
#DAC248 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DAC248
11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DAC248 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DAC248 | 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)
#D4BD38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC64F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EBB4A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dac248; /* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 194, 72); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.141 98.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e9d481',
500: '#dac248',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dac248; $custom-light: #e9d481; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dac248",
"rgb": {
"r": 218,
"g": 194,
"b": 72
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.137,
"s": 66.364,
"l": 56.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8124,
"c": 0.14095,
"h": 98
},
"luminance": 0.53957
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DAC248
secondary
#354491
accent
#5BE93F
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E