#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
RGBrgb(218, 205, 66)
HSLhsl(55, 67%, 56%)
HSVhsv(55, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(81.27, -11.04, 67.22)
CIE-LCHlch(81.27, 68.13, 99.33°)
OKLaboklab(83.48% -0.0371 0.1496)
OKLCHoklch(83.48% 0.154 103.9)
XYZxyz(51.7303, 58.9635, 13.8094)
Luminance0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DACD421.001.6412.7912.79
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7921.001.001.00
##00000012.7921.001.001.00

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

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#DACD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva