#DAB040#DAB040

#DAB040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.135 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB040
RGB	rgb(218, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, 3.86, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 60.61, 86.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% 0.0052 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.135 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3668, 46.3292, 11.4024)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB040 #406ADA

analogous

#DA6340 #DAB040 #B7DA40

triadic

#DAB040 #40DAB0 #B040DA

tetradic

#DAB040 #40DA63 #406ADA #DA40B7

square

#DAB040 #40DA63 #406ADA #DA40B7

split-complementary

#DAB040 #40B7DA #6340DA

monochromatic

#86681A #B99024 #DAB040 #E4C573 #EEDAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DAB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#DAB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB040

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB040	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.135 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac77b',
    500: '#dab040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab040;
$custom-light: #eac77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77525,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB040

secondary

#9BACDB

accent

#6DEA3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB040

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

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