#DAC261#DAC261

#DAC261 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.120 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC261
RGB	rgb(218, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 55.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -3.44, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 51.29, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0119 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.12 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3648, 54.3543, 19.1455)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC261 #6179DA

analogous

#DA8661 #DAC261 #B6DA61

triadic

#DAC261 #61DAC2 #C261DA

tetradic

#DAC261 #61DA86 #6179DA #DA61B6

square

#DAC261 #61DA86 #6179DA #DA61B6

split-complementary

#DAC261 #61B6DA #8661DA

monochromatic

#9C8425 #CEAE30 #DAC261 #E6D593 #F1E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DAC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DAC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC261

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC261	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.120 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d491',
    500: '#dac261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac261;
$custom-light: #e8d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81496,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC261

secondary

#3F52A0

accent

#3ECA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC261

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

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