#DACD59#DACD59

#DACD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.137 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DACD59
RGB	rgb(218, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -9.67, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 58.80, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0307 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.137 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5498, 59.2913, 18.1255)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DACD59 #5966DA

analogous

#DA8C59 #DACD59 #A7DA59

triadic

#DACD59 #59DACD #CD59DA

tetradic

#DACD59 #59DA8C #5966DA #DA59A7

square

#DACD59 #59DA8C #5966DA #DA59A7

split-complementary

#DACD59 #59A7DA #8C59DA

monochromatic

#978B22 #C9B92D #DACD59 #E5DC8B #F0EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DACD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DACD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DACD59

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DACD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DACD59	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dacd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.137 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc8c',
    500: '#dacd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dacd59;
$custom-light: #e8dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dacd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83677,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DACD59

secondary

#3C459B

accent

#2CCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DACD59

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

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