#DAC65D#DAC65D

#DAC65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.127 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC65D
RGB	rgb(218, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 57.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -5.81, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 54.50, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0192 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.127 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0852, 56.0860, 18.4886)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC65D #5D71DA

analogous

#DA875D #DAC65D #AFDA5D

triadic

#DAC65D #5DDAC6 #C65DDA

tetradic

#DAC65D #5DDA87 #5D71DA #DA5DAF

square

#DAC65D #5DDA87 #5D71DA #DA5DAF

split-complementary

#DAC65D #5DAFDA #875DDA

monochromatic

#9A8723 #CBB22E #DAC65D #E5D88F #F1E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DAC65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DAC65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC65D

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC65D	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.127 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d78e',
    500: '#dac65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac65d;
$custom-light: #e8d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8227,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC65D

secondary

#3D4D9E

accent

#37CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC65D

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

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