#DAC262#DAC262

#DAC262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.119 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC262
RGB	rgb(218, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -3.37, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 50.82, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0115 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.119 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4117, 54.3731, 19.3926)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC262 #627ADA

analogous

#DA8662 #DAC262 #B6DA62

triadic

#DAC262 #62DAC2 #C262DA

tetradic

#DAC262 #62DA86 #627ADA #DA62B6

square

#DAC262 #62DA86 #627ADA #DA62B6

split-complementary

#DAC262 #62B6DA #8662DA

monochromatic

#9D8525 #CEAF31 #DAC262 #E6D594 #F1E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DAC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#DAC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC262

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC262	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)

#D3BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.119 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d491',
    500: '#dac262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac262;
$custom-light: #e8d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81508,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC262

secondary

#4053A1

accent

#3FCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC262

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

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