#DAB151#DAB151

#DAB151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.123 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB151
RGB	rgb(218, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, 4.31, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 53.68, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0086 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.123 86)
XYZ	xyz(46.1232, 46.9466, 14.4152)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB151 #517ADA

analogous

#DA6C51 #DAB151 #BEDA51

triadic

#DAB151 #51DAB1 #B151DA

tetradic

#DAB151 #51DA6C #517ADA #DA51BE

square

#DAB151 #51DA6C #517ADA #DA51BE

split-complementary

#DAB151 #51BEDA #6C51DA

monochromatic

#926F1F #C4962A #DAB151 #E5C883 #EFDEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DAB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#DAB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB151

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB151	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.123 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c885',
    500: '#dab151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab151;
$custom-light: #e9c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.044,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77884,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.46944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB151

secondary

#A8B9DE

accent

#72E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB151

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

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