#DACA59#DACA59

#DACA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DACA59
RGB	rgb(218, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -8.15, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 57.71, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0263 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8391, 57.8698, 17.8886)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DACA59 #5969DA

analogous

#DA8959 #DACA59 #AADA59

triadic

#DACA59 #59DACA #CA59DA

tetradic

#DACA59 #59DA89 #5969DA #DA59AA

square

#DACA59 #59DA89 #5969DA #DA59AA

split-complementary

#DACA59 #59AADA #8959DA

monochromatic

#978822 #C9B62D #DACA59 #E5DA8B #F0EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DACA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DACA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DACA59

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DACA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DACA59	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d98c',
    500: '#daca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daca59;
$custom-light: #e8d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83054,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DACA59

secondary

#3C489B

accent

#30CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DACA59

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

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