#DAB240#DAB240

#DAB240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.136 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB240
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, 2.81, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 61.06, 87.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.0022 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.136 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7618, 47.1192, 11.5341)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB240 #4068DA

analogous

#DA6540 #DAB240 #B5DA40

triadic

#DAB240 #40DAB2 #B240DA

tetradic

#DAB240 #40DA65 #4068DA #DA40B5

square

#DAB240 #40DA65 #4068DA #DA40B5

split-complementary

#DAB240 #40B5DA #6540DA

monochromatic

#866A1A #B99224 #DAB240 #E4C773 #EEDBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DAB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#DAB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB240

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB240	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.136 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac87b',
    500: '#dab240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab240;
$custom-light: #eac87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.416,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77925,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB240

secondary

#9BABDB

accent

#6AEA3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB240

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

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