#DAC74A#DAC74A

#DAC74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC74A
RGB	rgb(218, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 66.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -7.57, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 63.02, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0264 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.144 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5751, 56.2489, 14.6704)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC74A #4A5DDA

analogous

#DA7F4A #DAC74A #A5DA4A

triadic

#DAC74A #4ADAC7 #C74ADA

tetradic

#DAC74A #4ADA7F #4A5DDA #DA4AA5

square

#DAC74A #4ADA7F #4A5DDA #DA4AA5

split-complementary

#DAC74A #4AA5DA #7F4ADA

monochromatic

#8D7E1D #C0AC27 #DAC74A #E4D77D #EFE6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DAC74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DAC74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC74A

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC74A	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d783',
    500: '#dac74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac74a;
$custom-light: #e9d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8229,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC74A

secondary

#364292

accent

#55E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC74A

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

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