#DAC55A#DAC55A

#DAC55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.129 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC55A
RGB	rgb(218, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 58.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -5.52, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 55.50, 95.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0187 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.129 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7271, 55.5783, 17.7265)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC55A #5A6FDA

analogous

#DA855A #DAC55A #AFDA5A

triadic

#DAC55A #5ADAC5 #C55ADA

tetradic

#DAC55A #5ADA85 #5A6FDA #DA5AAF

square

#DAC55A #5ADA85 #5A6FDA #DA5AAF

split-complementary

#DAC55A #5AAFDA #855ADA

monochromatic

#988422 #CAB02D #DAC55A #E5D78C #F0E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DAC55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#DAC55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC55A

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC55A	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.129 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d68c',
    500: '#dac55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac55a;
$custom-light: #e8d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82031,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC55A

secondary

#3C4C9C

accent

#37CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC55A

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

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