#DAC251#DAC251

#DAC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.134 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC251
RGB	rgb(218, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -4.58, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 58.47, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.017 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.134 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6926, 54.0854, 15.6050)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC251 #5169DA

analogous

#DA7D51 #DAC251 #ADDA51

triadic

#DAC251 #51DAC2 #C251DA

tetradic

#DAC251 #51DA7D #5169DA #DA51AD

square

#DAC251 #51DA7D #5169DA #DA51AD

split-complementary

#DAC251 #51ADDA #7D51DA

monochromatic

#927E1F #C4A92A #DAC251 #E5D483 #EFE5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DAC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DAC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC251

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC251	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.134 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d486',
    500: '#dac251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac251;
$custom-light: #e9d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81322,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC251

secondary

#394997

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC251

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

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