#DAC451#DAC451

#DAC451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC451
RGB	rgb(218, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -5.61, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 59.12, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.02 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1407, 54.9816, 15.7544)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC451 #5167DA

analogous

#DA7F51 #DAC451 #ABDA51

triadic

#DAC451 #51DAC4 #C451DA

tetradic

#DAC451 #51DA7F #5167DA #DA51AB

square

#DAC451 #51DA7F #5167DA #DA51AB

split-complementary

#DAC451 #51ABDA #7F51DA

monochromatic

#927F1F #C4AB2A #DAC451 #E5D583 #EFE6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DAC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DAC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC451

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC451	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d587',
    500: '#dac451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac451;
$custom-light: #e9d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.365,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81733,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC451

secondary

#394897

accent

#5BE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC451

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

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