#DAAB16#DAAB16

#DAAB16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.152 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAAB16
RGB	rgb(218, 171, 22)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 90%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 89.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 5.12, 72.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 72.39, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.005 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.152 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6241, 44.0923, 6.9719)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAAB16 #1645DA

analogous

#DA4916 #DAAB16 #A7DA16

triadic

#DAAB16 #16DAAB #AB16DA

tetradic

#DAAB16 #16DA49 #1645DA #DA16A7

square

#DAAB16 #16DA49 #1645DA #DA16A7

split-complementary

#DAAB16 #16A7DA #4916DA

monochromatic

#6B540B #A27F10 #DAAB16 #ECC341 #F1D579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DAAB16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#DAAB16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAAB16

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAAB16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAAB16	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daab16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 171, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.152 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc368',
    500: '#daab16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daab16;
$custom-light: #ebc368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daab16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.612,
    "s": 81.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76304,
    "c": 0.152,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAAB16

secondary

#738BD9

accent

#60F830

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF7EC

border

#D7D0C7

text

#171207

muted

#85817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAAB16

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

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