#DAC962#DAC962

#DAC962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.125 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAC962
RGB	rgb(218, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -6.97, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 53.28, 97.52°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0219 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.125 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0065, 57.5626, 19.9241)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAC962 #6273DA

analogous

#DA8D62 #DAC962 #AFDA62

triadic

#DAC962 #62DAC9 #C962DA

tetradic

#DAC962 #62DA8D #6273DA #DA62AF

square

#DAC962 #62DA8D #6273DA #DA62AF

split-complementary

#DAC962 #62AFDA #8D62DA

monochromatic

#9D8C25 #CEB831 #DAC962 #E6DA94 #F1EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DAC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DAC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAC962

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAC962	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dac962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.125 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d992',
    500: '#dac962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dac962;
$custom-light: #e8d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dac962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82947,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAC962

secondary

#404DA1

accent

#35CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAC962

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

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