#DAC44D#DAC44D

#DAC44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC44D
RGB	rgb(218, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -5.86, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 60.81, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0211 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9951, 54.9234, 14.9876)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC44D #4D63DA

analogous

#DA7D4D #DAC44D #AADA4D

triadic

#DAC44D #4DDAC4 #C44DDA

tetradic

#DAC44D #4DDA7D #4D63DA #DA4DAA

square

#DAC44D #4DDA7D #4D63DA #DA4DAA

split-complementary

#DAC44D #4DAADA #7D4DDA

monochromatic

#8F7D1E #C2AA28 #DAC44D #E5D580 #EFE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DAC44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DAC44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC44D

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC44D	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d584',
    500: '#dac44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac44d;
$custom-light: #e9d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81696,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC44D

secondary

#374694

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC44D

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

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