#DAC73D#DAC73D

#DAC73D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.152 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC73D
RGB	rgb(218, 199, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 72%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -8.24, 67.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 67.99, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0296 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.152 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1815, 56.0915, 12.5975)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC73D #3D50DA

analogous

#DA793D #DAC73D #9EDA3D

triadic

#DAC73D #3DDAC7 #C73DDA

tetradic

#DAC73D #3DDA79 #3D50DA #DA3D9E

square

#DAC73D #3DDA79 #3D50DA #DA3D9E

split-complementary

#DAC73D #3D9EDA #793DDA

monochromatic

#847719 #B7A523 #DAC73D #E4D670 #EEE5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DAC73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DAC73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC73D

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC73D	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)

#DAC125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 199, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.152 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d77c',
    500: '#dac73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac73d;
$custom-light: #e9d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.739,
    "s": 67.965,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8219,
    "c": 0.15216,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC73D

secondary

#313C8A

accent

#52EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC73D

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

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