#DAB256#DAB256

#DAB256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.120 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB256
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, 4.12, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 51.69, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% 0.0087 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.12 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5159, 47.4209, 15.5054)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB256 #567EDA

analogous

#DA7056 #DAB256 #C0DA56

triadic

#DAB256 #56DAB2 #B256DA

tetradic

#DAB256 #56DA70 #567EDA #DA56C0

square

#DAB256 #56DA70 #567EDA #DA56C0

split-complementary

#DAB256 #56C0DA #7056DA

monochromatic

#957221 #C7982C #DAB256 #E5C988 #F0E0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DAB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#DAB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB256

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB256	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.120 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c889',
    500: '#dab256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab256;
$custom-light: #e9c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78138,
    "c": 0.1196,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB256

secondary

#ACBCE0

accent

#73E741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB256

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

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