#DAC851#DAC851

#DAC851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC851
RGB	rgb(218, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -7.66, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 60.46, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0258 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0550, 56.8102, 16.0592)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC851 #5163DA

analogous

#DA8351 #DAC851 #A7DA51

triadic

#DAC851 #51DAC8 #C851DA

tetradic

#DAC851 #51DA83 #5163DA #DA51A7

square

#DAC851 #51DA83 #5163DA #DA51A7

split-complementary

#DAC851 #51A7DA #8351DA

monochromatic

#92831F #C4B02A #DAC851 #E5D883 #EFE8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DAC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DAC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC851

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC851	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d887',
    500: '#dac851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac851;
$custom-light: #e9d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8256,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC851

secondary

#394597

accent

#56E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC851

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

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