#DAC259#DAC259

#DAC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.128 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC259
RGB	rgb(218, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -4.04, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 54.95, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0145 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.128 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0104, 54.2126, 17.2791)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC259 #5971DA

analogous

#DA8159 #DAC259 #B2DA59

triadic

#DAC259 #59DAC2 #C259DA

tetradic

#DAC259 #59DA81 #5971DA #DA59B2

square

#DAC259 #59DA81 #5971DA #DA59B2

split-complementary

#DAC259 #59B2DA #8159DA

monochromatic

#978122 #C9AC2D #DAC259 #E5D48B #F0E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DAC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DAC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC259

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC259	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.128 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d48b',
    500: '#dac259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac259;
$custom-light: #e8d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81405,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC259

secondary

#3C4E9B

accent

#3BCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC259

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

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