#DAC44E#DAC44E

#DAC44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC44E
RGB	rgb(218, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 64.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -5.80, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 60.39, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.0208 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0307, 54.9376, 15.1750)
Luminance	0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC44E #4E64DA

analogous

#DA7E4E #DAC44E #AADA4E

triadic

#DAC44E #4EDAC4 #C44EDA

tetradic

#DAC44E #4EDA7E #4E64DA #DA4EAA

square

#DAC44E #4EDA7E #4E64DA #DA4EAA

split-complementary

#DAC44E #4EAADA #7E4EDA

monochromatic

#907E1E #C2AA29 #DAC44E #E5D581 #EFE6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DAC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DAC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC44E

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC44E	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d585',
    500: '#dac44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac44e;
$custom-light: #e9d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81705,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC44E

secondary

#374695

accent

#5AE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC44E

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

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