#DAB038#DAB038

#DAB038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.140 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB038
RGB	rgb(218, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, 3.49, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 63.66, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0033 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.14 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.1553, 46.2446, 10.2884)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB038 #3862DA

analogous

#DA5F38 #DAB038 #B3DA38

triadic

#DAB038 #38DAB0 #B038DA

tetradic

#DAB038 #38DA5F #3862DA #DA38B3

square

#DAB038 #38DA5F #3862DA #DA38B3

split-complementary

#DAB038 #38B3DA #5F38DA

monochromatic

#806518 #B38E21 #DAB038 #E4C46C #EDD99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DAB038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#DAB038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB038

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB038	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.140 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac777',
    500: '#dab038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab038;
$custom-light: #eac777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77465,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB038

secondary

#94A6DA

accent

#6AEB3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB038

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →