#DAB238#DAB238

#DAB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.141 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB238
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, 2.44, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 64.10, 87.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% 0.0002 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.141 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5503, 47.0346, 10.4200)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB238 #3860DA

analogous

#DA6138 #DAB238 #B1DA38

triadic

#DAB238 #38DAB2 #B238DA

tetradic

#DAB238 #38DA61 #3860DA #DA38B1

square

#DAB238 #38DA61 #3860DA #DA38B1

split-complementary

#DAB238 #38B1DA #6138DA

monochromatic

#806618 #B38F21 #DAB238 #E4C66C #EDDA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DAB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#DAB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB238

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB238	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)

#C6B024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.141 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac877',
    500: '#dab238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab238;
$custom-light: #eac877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.185,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77865,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB238

secondary

#94A5DA

accent

#68EB3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB238

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

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