#DAC551#DAC551

#DAC551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.137 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC551
RGB	rgb(218, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -6.12, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 59.45, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0214 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.137 99)
XYZ	xyz(50.3670, 55.4342, 15.8298)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC551 #5166DA

analogous

#DA8051 #DAC551 #AADA51

triadic

#DAC551 #51DAC5 #C551DA

tetradic

#DAC551 #51DA80 #5166DA #DA51AA

square

#DAC551 #51DA80 #5166DA #DA51AA

split-complementary

#DAC551 #51AADA #8051DA

monochromatic

#92801F #C4AC2A #DAC551 #E5D683 #EFE7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DAC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DAC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC551

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC551	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.137 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d687',
    500: '#dac551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac551;
$custom-light: #e9d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8194,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.55432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC551

secondary

#394797

accent

#5AE840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC551

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

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