#DAC942#DAC942

#DAC942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.151 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC942
RGB	rgb(218, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -9.02, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 66.79, 97.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0313 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.151 102)
XYZ	xyz(50.7857, 57.0742, 13.4945)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC942 #4253DA

analogous

#DA7D42 #DAC942 #9FDA42

triadic

#DAC942 #42DAC9 #C942DA

tetradic

#DAC942 #42DA7D #4253DA #DA429F

square

#DAC942 #42DA7D #4253DA #DA429F

split-complementary

#DAC942 #429FDA #7D42DA

monochromatic

#877B1A #BAAA24 #DAC942 #E4D875 #EEE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DAC942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#DAC942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC942

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC942	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.151 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d97e',
    500: '#dac942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac942;
$custom-light: #e9d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.289,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82642,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.57072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC942

secondary

#333D8D

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC942

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

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