#DAC249#DAC249

#DAC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC249
RGB	rgb(218, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 66.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -5.06, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 61.82, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0193 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4101, 53.9724, 14.1172)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC249 #4961DA

analogous

#DA7A49 #DAC249 #AADA49

triadic

#DAC249 #49DAC2 #C249DA

tetradic

#DAC249 #49DA7A #4961DA #DA49AA

square

#DAC249 #49DA7A #4961DA #DA49AA

split-complementary

#DAC249 #49AADA #7A49DA

monochromatic

#8C7A1C #BFA627 #DAC249 #E4D37C #EFE4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DAC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DAC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC249

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC249	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)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d482',
    500: '#dac249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac249;
$custom-light: #e9d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81249,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC249

secondary

#354592

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC249

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

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