#DAC65B#DAC65B

#DAC65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC65B
RGB	rgb(218, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 58.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -5.96, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 55.40, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0198 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9978, 56.0511, 18.0282)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC65B #5B6FDA

analogous

#DA865B #DAC65B #AEDA5B

triadic

#DAC65B #5BDAC6 #C65BDA

tetradic

#DAC65B #5BDA86 #5B6FDA #DA5BAE

square

#DAC65B #5BDA86 #5B6FDA #DA5BAE

split-complementary

#DAC65B #5BAEDA #865BDA

monochromatic

#988622 #CAB22E #DAC65B #E5D78D #F1E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DAC65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DAC65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC65B

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC65B	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)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d78d',
    500: '#dac65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac65b;
$custom-light: #e8d78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82248,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC65B

secondary

#3D4C9D

accent

#36CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC65B

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

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