#DACC42#DACC42

#DACC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.153 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DACC42
RGB	rgb(218, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -10.54, 66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 67.79, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0356 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.153 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4918, 58.4866, 13.7299)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DACC42 #4250DA

analogous

#DA8042 #DACC42 #9CDA42

triadic

#DACC42 #42DACC #CC42DA

tetradic

#DACC42 #42DA80 #4250DA #DA429C

square

#DACC42 #42DA80 #4250DA #DA429C

split-complementary

#DACC42 #429CDA #8042DA

monochromatic

#877D1A #BAAD24 #DACC42 #E4DA75 #EEE8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DACC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DACC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DACC42

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DACC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DACC42	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dacc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.153 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db7f',
    500: '#dacc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dacc42;
$custom-light: #e9db7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dacc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.474,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83267,
    "c": 0.15323,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DACC42

secondary

#333B8D

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DACC42

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

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