#DAC74C#DAC74C

#DAC74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.142 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC74C
RGB	rgb(218, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 65.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -7.45, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 62.21, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0258 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.142 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6435, 56.2763, 15.0309)
Luminance	0.5627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC74C #4C5FDA

analogous

#DA804C #DAC74C #A6DA4C

triadic

#DAC74C #4CDAC7 #C74CDA

tetradic

#DAC74C #4CDA80 #4C5FDA #DA4CA6

square

#DAC74C #4CDA80 #4C5FDA #DA4CA6

split-complementary

#DAC74C #4CA6DA #804CDA

monochromatic

#8E7F1D #C1AC28 #DAC74C #E4D77F #EFE7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DAC74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DAC74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC74C

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC74C	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)

#D9C23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.142 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d784',
    500: '#dac74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac74c;
$custom-light: #e9d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 65.741,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82307,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC74C

secondary

#374394

accent

#56E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC74C

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

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