#DAC55F#DAC55F

#DAC55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC55F
RGB	rgb(218, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 56.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -5.15, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 53.24, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.017 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.125 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9472, 55.6663, 18.8853)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC55F #5F74DA

analogous

#DA885F #DAC55F #B2DA5F

triadic

#DAC55F #5FDAC5 #C55FDA

tetradic

#DAC55F #5FDA88 #5F74DA #DA5FB2

square

#DAC55F #5FDA88 #5F74DA #DA5FB2

split-complementary

#DAC55F #5FB2DA #885FDA

monochromatic

#9B8624 #CDB22F #DAC55F #E5D791 #F1E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DAC55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DAC55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC55F

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC55F	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.125 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d68f',
    500: '#dac55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac55f;
$custom-light: #e8d68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 62.437,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82088,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC55F

secondary

#3E4F9F

accent

#39CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC55F

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

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