#DAB237#DAB237

#DAB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.142 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB237
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, 2.39, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 64.46, 87.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% 0 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.142 90)
XYZ	xyz(45.5261, 47.0249, 10.2925)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB237 #375FDA

analogous

#DA6037 #DAB237 #B0DA37

triadic

#DAB237 #37DAB2 #B237DA

tetradic

#DAB237 #37DA60 #375FDA #DA37B0

square

#DAB237 #37DA60 #375FDA #DA37B0

split-complementary

#DAB237 #37B0DA #6037DA

monochromatic

#7F6618 #B38F21 #DAB237 #E4C66B #EDDA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DAB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#DAB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB237

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB237	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)

#C6B022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.142 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac876',
    500: '#dab237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab237;
$custom-light: #eac876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77858,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.47022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB237

secondary

#93A5D9

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB237

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

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