#DAC459#DAC459

#DAC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.129 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC459
RGB	rgb(218, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -5.07, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 55.61, 95.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0175 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.129 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4586, 55.1088, 17.4285)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC459 #596FDA

analogous

#DA8359 #DAC459 #B0DA59

triadic

#DAC459 #59DAC4 #C459DA

tetradic

#DAC459 #59DA83 #596FDA #DA59B0

square

#DAC459 #59DA83 #596FDA #DA59B0

split-complementary

#DAC459 #59B0DA #8359DA

monochromatic

#978322 #C9AE2D #DAC459 #E5D68B #F0E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DAC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#DAC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC459

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC459	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.129 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d58c',
    500: '#dac459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac459;
$custom-light: #e8d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81815,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC459

secondary

#3C4C9B

accent

#38CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC459

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

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