#DAC461#DAC461

#DAC461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.122 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC461
RGB	rgb(218, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 55.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -4.48, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 51.97, 94.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0149 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.122 97)
XYZ	xyz(50.8129, 55.2505, 19.2948)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC461 #6177DA

analogous

#DA8861 #DAC461 #B4DA61

triadic

#DAC461 #61DAC4 #C461DA

tetradic

#DAC461 #61DA88 #6177DA #DA61B4

square

#DAC461 #61DA88 #6177DA #DA61B4

split-complementary

#DAC461 #61B4DA #8861DA

monochromatic

#9C8625 #CEB130 #DAC461 #E6D793 #F1E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DAC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DAC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC461

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC461	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.122 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d591',
    500: '#dac461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac461;
$custom-light: #e8d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81906,
    "c": 0.12202,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.55248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC461

secondary

#3F51A0

accent

#3BCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC461

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

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