#DAC250#DAC250
#DAC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DAC250 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(218, 194, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 65%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 63%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11%, 63.3%, 14.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.50, -4.64, 58.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.50, 58.90, 94.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.31% -0.0173 0.1338) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.31% 0.135 97.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.6554, 54.0705, 15.4090) |
| Luminance | 0.5407 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.82
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.86
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.04
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.25
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.39
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 5.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DAC250 #5068DA
analogous
#DA7D50 #DAC250 #ADDA50
triadic
#DAC250 #50DAC2 #C250DA
tetradic
#DAC250 #50DA7D #5068DA #DA50AD
square
#DAC250 #50DA7D #5068DA #DA50AD
split-complementary
#DAC250 #50ADDA #7D50DA
monochromatic
#917D1F #C3A929 #DAC250 #E5D483 #EFE5B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.78
#DAC250 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.81
#DAC250 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DAC250
11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DAC250 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DAC250 | 1.00 | 1.78 | 11.81 | 11.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.78 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BE43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC656
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EAB4AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dac250; /* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 194, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.135 97.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e9d486',
500: '#dac250',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dac250; $custom-light: #e9d486; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dac250",
"rgb": {
"r": 218,
"g": 194,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.565,
"s": 65.094,
"l": 58.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81313,
"c": 0.13494,
"h": 97.4
},
"luminance": 0.54068
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DAC250
secondary
#384896
accent
#5DE840
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E