#DAB242#DAB242

#DAB242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.135 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB242
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, 2.91, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 60.27, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% 0.0027 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.135 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8198, 47.1424, 11.8392)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB242 #426ADA

analogous

#DA6642 #DAB242 #B6DA42

triadic

#DAB242 #42DAB2 #B242DA

tetradic

#DAB242 #42DA66 #426ADA #DA42B6

square

#DAB242 #42DA66 #426ADA #DA42B6

split-complementary

#DAB242 #42B6DA #6642DA

monochromatic

#876B1A #BA9324 #DAB242 #E4C775 #EEDCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DAB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#DAB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB242

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB242	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.135 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c87c',
    500: '#dab242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab242;
$custom-light: #e9c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77941,
    "c": 0.13474,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB242

secondary

#9CADDB

accent

#6BEA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB242

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

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