#DACD56#DACD56

#DACD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.140 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DACD56
RGB	rgb(218, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -9.88, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 60.10, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0316 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.14 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.4264, 59.2419, 17.4756)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DACD56 #5663DA

analogous

#DA8B56 #DACD56 #A5DA56

triadic

#DACD56 #56DACD #CD56DA

tetradic

#DACD56 #56DA8B #5663DA #DA56A5

square

#DACD56 #56DA8B #5663DA #DA56A5

split-complementary

#DACD56 #56A5DA #8B56DA

monochromatic

#958A21 #C7B82C #DACD56 #E5DC88 #F0EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DACD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DACD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DACD56

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DACD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DACD56	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dacd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.140 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc8a',
    500: '#dacd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dacd56;
$custom-light: #e8dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dacd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83647,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DACD56

secondary

#3B449A

accent

#51E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DACD56

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

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