#DAC256#DAC256

#DAC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.130 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC256
RGB	rgb(218, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -4.25, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 56.28, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0155 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.13 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8870, 54.1632, 16.6291)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC256 #566EDA

analogous

#DA8056 #DAC256 #B0DA56

triadic

#DAC256 #56DAC2 #C256DA

tetradic

#DAC256 #56DA80 #566EDA #DA56B0

square

#DAC256 #56DA80 #566EDA #DA56B0

split-complementary

#DAC256 #56B0DA #8056DA

monochromatic

#958021 #C7AB2C #DAC256 #E5D488 #F0E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DAC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#DAC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC256

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC256	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.130 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d48a',
    500: '#dac256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac256;
$custom-light: #e8d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81373,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC256

secondary

#3B4C9A

accent

#5FE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC256

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

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