#DAB159#DAB159

#DAB159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.117 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB159
RGB	rgb(218, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, 4.86, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 50.08, 84.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% 0.0113 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.117 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4410, 47.0737, 16.0893)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB159 #5982DA

analogous

#DA7059 #DAB159 #C3DA59

triadic

#DAB159 #59DAB1 #B159DA

tetradic

#DAB159 #59DA70 #5982DA #DA59C3

square

#DAB159 #59DA70 #5982DA #DA59C3

split-complementary

#DAB159 #59C3DA #7059DA

monochromatic

#977222 #C9972D #DAB159 #E5C98B #F0E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DAB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#DAB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB159

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB159	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.117 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c88a',
    500: '#dab159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab159;
$custom-light: #e9c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.93,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77974,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB159

secondary

#AFBEE0

accent

#52CB1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB159

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

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