#DAC657#DAC657

#DAC657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.132 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC657
RGB	rgb(218, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -6.24, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 57.18, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0211 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.132 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8298, 55.9839, 17.1435)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC657 #576BDA

analogous

#DA8557 #DAC657 #ACDA57

triadic

#DAC657 #57DAC6 #C657DA

tetradic

#DAC657 #57DA85 #576BDA #DA57AC

square

#DAC657 #57DA85 #576BDA #DA57AC

split-complementary

#DAC657 #57ACDA #8557DA

monochromatic

#968421 #C8B02C #DAC657 #E5D789 #F0E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DAC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DAC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC657

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC657	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.132 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d78a',
    500: '#dac657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac657;
$custom-light: #e8d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82206,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC657

secondary

#3B499A

accent

#5AE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC657

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

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