#DAC462#DAC462

#DAC462 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.121 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC462
RGB	rgb(218, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -4.40, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 51.50, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0145 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.121 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8598, 55.2693, 19.5419)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC462 #6278DA

analogous

#DA8862 #DAC462 #B4DA62

triadic

#DAC462 #62DAC4 #C462DA

tetradic

#DAC462 #62DA88 #6278DA #DA62B4

square

#DAC462 #62DA88 #6278DA #DA62B4

split-complementary

#DAC462 #62B4DA #8862DA

monochromatic

#9D8725 #CEB131 #DAC462 #E6D794 #F1E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DAC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DAC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC462

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC462	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)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.121 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d591',
    500: '#dac462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac462;
$custom-light: #e8d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81918,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC462

secondary

#4051A1

accent

#3CCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC462

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

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