#DACA42#DACA42

#DACA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.152 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DACA42
RGB	rgb(218, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -9.52, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 67.12, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0328 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.152 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0195, 57.5420, 13.5725)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DACA42 #4252DA

analogous

#DA7E42 #DACA42 #9EDA42

triadic

#DACA42 #42DACA #CA42DA

tetradic

#DACA42 #42DA7E #4252DA #DA429E

square

#DACA42 #42DA7E #4252DA #DA429E

split-complementary

#DACA42 #429EDA #7E42DA

monochromatic

#877C1A #BAAB24 #DACA42 #E4D875 #EEE7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DACA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DACA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DACA42

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DACA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DACA42	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)

#DCC42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.152 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d97e',
    500: '#daca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daca42;
$custom-light: #e9d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8285,
    "c": 0.15152,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DACA42

secondary

#333C8D

accent

#50EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DACA42

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

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