#DAB138#DAB138

#DAB138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.141 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB138
RGB	rgb(218, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, 2.96, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 63.88, 87.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0017 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.141 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3520, 46.6381, 10.3540)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB138 #3861DA

analogous

#DA6038 #DAB138 #B2DA38

triadic

#DAB138 #38DAB1 #B138DA

tetradic

#DAB138 #38DA60 #3861DA #DA38B2

square

#DAB138 #38DA60 #3861DA #DA38B2

split-complementary

#DAB138 #38B2DA #6038DA

monochromatic

#806518 #B38E21 #DAB138 #E4C56C #EDD99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DAB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#DAB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB138

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB138	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.141 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac777',
    500: '#dab138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab138;
$custom-light: #eac777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.815,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77665,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB138

secondary

#94A6DA

accent

#69EB3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB138

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

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