#DAC859#DAC859

#DAC859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC859
RGB	rgb(218, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -7.13, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 56.99, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0234 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3728, 56.9373, 17.7332)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC859 #596BDA

analogous

#DA8759 #DAC859 #ABDA59

triadic

#DAC859 #59DAC8 #C859DA

tetradic

#DAC859 #59DA87 #596BDA #DA59AB

square

#DAC859 #59DA87 #596BDA #DA59AB

split-complementary

#DAC859 #59ABDA #8759DA

monochromatic

#978722 #C9B32D #DAC859 #E5D98B #F0E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DAC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DAC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC859

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC859	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d88c',
    500: '#dac859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac859;
$custom-light: #e8d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8264,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC859

secondary

#3C499B

accent

#33CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC859

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

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