#DAC956#DAC956

#DAC956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.136 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC956
RGB	rgb(218, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -7.84, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 58.66, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0258 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.136 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4818, 57.3527, 17.1607)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC956 #5667DA

analogous

#DA8756 #DAC956 #A9DA56

triadic

#DAC956 #56DAC9 #C956DA

tetradic

#DAC956 #56DA87 #5667DA #DA56A9

square

#DAC956 #56DA87 #5667DA #DA56A9

split-complementary

#DAC956 #56A9DA #8756DA

monochromatic

#958621 #C7B32C #DAC956 #E5D988 #F0E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DAC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DAC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC956

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC956	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.136 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d98a',
    500: '#dac956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac956;
$custom-light: #e8d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82816,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC956

secondary

#3B479A

accent

#56E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC956

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

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