#DAC659#DAC659

#DAC659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC659
RGB	rgb(218, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -6.10, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 56.29, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0205 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(50.9127, 56.0170, 17.5798)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC659 #596DDA

analogous

#DA8659 #DAC659 #ADDA59

triadic

#DAC659 #59DAC6 #C659DA

tetradic

#DAC659 #59DA86 #596DDA #DA59AD

square

#DAC659 #59DA86 #596DDA #DA59AD

split-complementary

#DAC659 #59ADDA #8659DA

monochromatic

#978522 #C9B12D #DAC659 #E5D78B #F0E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DAC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DAC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC659

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC659	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)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d78c',
    500: '#dac659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac659;
$custom-light: #e8d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.698,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82227,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.56015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC659

secondary

#3C4B9B

accent

#36CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC659

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

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