#DAB252#DAB252

#DAB252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.123 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB252
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 62.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, 3.85, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 53.48, 85.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% 0.0074 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.123 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3592, 47.3582, 14.6803)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB252 #527ADA

analogous

#DA6E52 #DAB252 #BEDA52

triadic

#DAB252 #52DAB2 #B252DA

tetradic

#DAB252 #52DA6E #527ADA #DA52BE

square

#DAB252 #52DA6E #527ADA #DA52BE

split-complementary

#DAB252 #52BEDA #6E52DA

monochromatic

#92701F #C5972A #DAB252 #E5C884 #F0DFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DAB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#DAB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB252

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB252	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)

#C5B148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.123 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c886',
    500: '#dab252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab252;
$custom-light: #e9c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78094,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB252

secondary

#A9B9DF

accent

#71E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB252

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →