#DAB042#DAB042

#DAB042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.134 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB042
RGB	rgb(218, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, 3.96, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 59.81, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% 0.0058 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.134 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4247, 46.3523, 11.7076)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB042 #426CDA

analogous

#DA6442 #DAB042 #B8DA42

triadic

#DAB042 #42DAB0 #B042DA

tetradic

#DAB042 #42DA64 #426CDA #DA42B8

square

#DAB042 #42DA64 #426CDA #DA42B8

split-complementary

#DAB042 #42B8DA #6442DA

monochromatic

#87691A #BA9124 #DAB042 #E4C575 #EEDBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DAB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#DAB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB042

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB042	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.134 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac77c',
    500: '#dab042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab042;
$custom-light: #eac77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.421,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77542,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB042

secondary

#9CAEDB

accent

#6DEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB042

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

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