#DAC537#DAC537

#DAC537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.154 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC537
RGB	rgb(218, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -7.48, 69.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 69.46, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0281 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.154 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5717, 55.1161, 11.6411)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC537 #374CDA

analogous

#DA7337 #DAC537 #9DDA37

triadic

#DAC537 #37DAC5 #C537DA

tetradic

#DAC537 #37DA73 #374CDA #DA379D

square

#DAC537 #37DA73 #374CDA #DA379D

split-complementary

#DAC537 #379DDA #7337DA

monochromatic

#7F7218 #B3A021 #DAC537 #E4D46B #EDE39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DAC537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#DAC537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC537

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC537	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)

#D8BF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.154 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead678',
    500: '#dac537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac537;
$custom-light: #ead678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.27,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81736,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC537

secondary

#2F3A86

accent

#53EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC537

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

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