#DAC541#DAC541

#DAC541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.148 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC541
RGB	rgb(218, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 70.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -7.03, 65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 65.89, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0258 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.148 100)
XYZ	xyz(49.8361, 55.2219, 13.0338)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC541 #4156DA

analogous

#DA7941 #DAC541 #A2DA41

triadic

#DAC541 #41DAC5 #C541DA

tetradic

#DAC541 #41DA79 #4156DA #DA41A2

square

#DAC541 #41DA79 #4156DA #DA41A2

split-complementary

#DAC541 #41A2DA #7941DA

monochromatic

#86781A #BAA524 #DAC541 #E4D574 #EEE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DAC541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DAC541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC541

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC541	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.148 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d67d',
    500: '#dac541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac541;
$custom-light: #e9d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 67.401,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81804,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.5522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC541

secondary

#323F8D

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC541

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

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