#DAC949#DAC949

#DAC949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.146 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC949
RGB	rgb(218, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -8.65, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 64.09, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0295 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.146 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.0048, 57.1619, 14.6487)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC949 #495ADA

analogous

#DA8149 #DAC949 #A2DA49

triadic

#DAC949 #49DAC9 #C949DA

tetradic

#DAC949 #49DA81 #495ADA #DA49A2

square

#DAC949 #49DA81 #495ADA #DA49A2

split-complementary

#DAC949 #49A2DA #8149DA

monochromatic

#8C7F1C #BFAD27 #DAC949 #E4D87C #EFE7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DAC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DAC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC949

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC949	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.146 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d982',
    500: '#dac949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac949;
$custom-light: #e9d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82696,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC949

secondary

#354092

accent

#53E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC949

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

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