#DAB251#DAB251

#DAB251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.124 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB251
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, 3.78, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 53.92, 85.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% 0.0071 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.124 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3214, 47.3431, 14.4813)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB251 #5179DA

analogous

#DA6D51 #DAB251 #BDDA51

triadic

#DAB251 #51DAB2 #B251DA

tetradic

#DAB251 #51DA6D #5179DA #DA51BD

square

#DAB251 #51DA6D #5179DA #DA51BD

split-complementary

#DAB251 #51BDDA #6D51DA

monochromatic

#92701F #C4972A #DAB251 #E5C883 #EFDFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DAB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#DAB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB251

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB251	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.124 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c885',
    500: '#dab251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab251;
$custom-light: #e9c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.482,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78083,
    "c": 0.12368,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB251

secondary

#A8B8DE

accent

#71E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB251

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

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