#DACD42#DACD42

#DACD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.154 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DACD42
RGB	rgb(218, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -11.04, 67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 68.13, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0371 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.154 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7303, 58.9635, 13.8094)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DACD42 #424FDA

analogous

#DA8142 #DACD42 #9BDA42

triadic

#DACD42 #42DACD #CD42DA

tetradic

#DACD42 #42DA81 #424FDA #DA429B

square

#DACD42 #42DA81 #424FDA #DA429B

split-complementary

#DACD42 #429BDA #8142DA

monochromatic

#877E1A #BAAE24 #DACD42 #E4DB75 #EEE8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DACD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DACD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DACD42

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DACD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DACD42	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dacd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.154 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db7f',
    500: '#dacd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dacd42;
$custom-light: #e9db7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dacd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.868,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83476,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DACD42

secondary

#333B8D

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DACD42

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

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