#DAC559#DAC559

#DAC559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC559
RGB	rgb(218, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -5.59, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 55.95, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.019 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6849, 55.5614, 17.5039)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC559 #596EDA

analogous

#DA8559 #DAC559 #AEDA59

triadic

#DAC559 #59DAC5 #C559DA

tetradic

#DAC559 #59DA85 #596EDA #DA59AE

square

#DAC559 #59DA85 #596EDA #DA59AE

split-complementary

#DAC559 #59AEDA #8559DA

monochromatic

#978422 #C9B02D #DAC559 #E5D68B #F0E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DAC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DAC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC559

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC559	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d68c',
    500: '#dac559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac559;
$custom-light: #e8d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82021,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC559

secondary

#3C4B9B

accent

#37CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC559

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

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