#DAC74F#DAC74F

#DAC74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC74F
RGB	rgb(218, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 63.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -7.27, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 60.96, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.025 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.7502, 56.3190, 15.5930)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC74F #4F62DA

analogous

#DA824F #DAC74F #A7DA4F

triadic

#DAC74F #4FDAC7 #C74FDA

tetradic

#DAC74F #4FDA82 #4F62DA #DA4FA7

square

#DAC74F #4FDA82 #4F62DA #DA4FA7

split-complementary

#DAC74F #4FA7DA #824FDA

monochromatic

#90811E #C3AE29 #DAC74F #E5D782 #EFE7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DAC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#DAC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC74F

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC74F	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)

#D9C240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d786',
    500: '#dac74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac74f;
$custom-light: #e9d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82334,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC74F

secondary

#384595

accent

#57E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC74F

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

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