#DAC65A#DAC65A

#DAC65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.130 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC65A
RGB	rgb(218, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 58.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -6.03, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 55.85, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0201 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.13 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.9550, 56.0339, 17.8025)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC65A #5A6EDA

analogous

#DA865A #DAC65A #AEDA5A

triadic

#DAC65A #5ADAC6 #C65ADA

tetradic

#DAC65A #5ADA86 #5A6EDA #DA5AAE

square

#DAC65A #5ADA86 #5A6EDA #DA5AAE

split-complementary

#DAC65A #5AAEDA #865ADA

monochromatic

#988522 #CAB12D #DAC65A #E5D78C #F0E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DAC65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DAC65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC65A

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC65A	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.130 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d78c',
    500: '#dac65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac65a;
$custom-light: #e8d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82237,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC65A

secondary

#3C4B9C

accent

#36CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC65A

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

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