#DAB235#DAB235

#DAB235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.143 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB235
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 75.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, 2.31, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 65.18, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0004 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.143 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4791, 47.0062, 10.0452)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB235 #355DDA

analogous

#DA6035 #DAB235 #AFDA35

triadic

#DAB235 #35DAB2 #B235DA

tetradic

#DAB235 #35DA60 #355DDA #DA35AF

square

#DAB235 #35DA60 #355DDA #DA35AF

split-complementary

#DAB235 #35AFDA #6035DA

monochromatic

#7E6517 #B18E20 #DAB235 #E3C669 #EDD99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DAB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#DAB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB235

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB235	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.143 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac875',
    500: '#dab235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab235;
$custom-light: #eac875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 69.038,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77845,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB235

secondary

#92A3D9

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB235

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

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