#DAC74E#DAC74E

#DAC74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC74E
RGB	rgb(218, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 64.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -7.33, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 61.38, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0253 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7141, 56.3045, 15.4028)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC74E #4E61DA

analogous

#DA814E #DAC74E #A7DA4E

triadic

#DAC74E #4EDAC7 #C74EDA

tetradic

#DAC74E #4EDA81 #4E61DA #DA4EA7

square

#DAC74E #4EDA81 #4E61DA #DA4EA7

split-complementary

#DAC74E #4EA7DA #814EDA

monochromatic

#90801E #C2AD29 #DAC74E #E5D781 #EFE7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DAC74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DAC74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC74E

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC74E	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d785',
    500: '#dac74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac74e;
$custom-light: #e9d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82325,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC74E

secondary

#374495

accent

#56E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC74E

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

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