#DAC651#DAC651

#DAC651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC651
RGB	rgb(218, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -6.64, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 59.78, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0229 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5948, 55.8899, 15.9058)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC651 #5165DA

analogous

#DA8151 #DAC651 #A9DA51

triadic

#DAC651 #51DAC6 #C651DA

tetradic

#DAC651 #51DA81 #5165DA #DA51A9

square

#DAC651 #51DA81 #5165DA #DA51A9

split-complementary

#DAC651 #51A9DA #8151DA

monochromatic

#92811F #C4AE2A #DAC651 #E5D783 #EFE7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DAC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DAC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC651

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC651	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d787',
    500: '#dac651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac651;
$custom-light: #e9d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82146,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC651

secondary

#394697

accent

#58E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC651

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

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