#DAC556#DAC556

#DAC556 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.132 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC556
RGB	rgb(218, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -5.80, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 57.28, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0199 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.132 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5614, 55.5120, 16.8539)
Luminance	0.5551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC556 #566BDA

analogous

#DA8356 #DAC556 #ADDA56

triadic

#DAC556 #56DAC5 #C556DA

tetradic

#DAC556 #56DA83 #566BDA #DA56AD

square

#DAC556 #56DA83 #566BDA #DA56AD

split-complementary

#DAC556 #56ADDA #8356DA

monochromatic

#958221 #C7AE2C #DAC556 #E5D688 #F0E7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DAC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#DAC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC556

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC556	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.132 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d68a',
    500: '#dac556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac556;
$custom-light: #e8d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81989,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC556

secondary

#3B4A9A

accent

#5BE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC556

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

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