#DACA51#DACA51

#DACA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DACA51
RGB	rgb(218, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -8.68, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 61.15, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0287 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5212, 57.7426, 16.2146)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DACA51 #5161DA

analogous

#DA8551 #DACA51 #A5DA51

triadic

#DACA51 #51DACA #CA51DA

tetradic

#DACA51 #51DA85 #5161DA #DA51A5

square

#DACA51 #51DA85 #5161DA #DA51A5

split-complementary

#DACA51 #51A5DA #8551DA

monochromatic

#92841F #C4B22A #DACA51 #E5D983 #EFE9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DACA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DACA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DACA51

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DACA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DACA51	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d987',
    500: '#daca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daca51;
$custom-light: #e9d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82975,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DACA51

secondary

#394497

accent

#54E840

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DACA51

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

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