#DAB259#DAB259

#DAB259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB259
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, 4.33, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 50.32, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% 0.0097 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.117 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.6393, 47.4702, 16.1554)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB259 #5981DA

analogous

#DA7159 #DAB259 #C2DA59

triadic

#DAB259 #59DAB2 #B259DA

tetradic

#DAB259 #59DA71 #5981DA #DA59C2

square

#DAB259 #59DA71 #5981DA #DA59C2

split-complementary

#DAB259 #59C2DA #7159DA

monochromatic

#977322 #C9992D #DAB259 #E5C98B #F0E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DAB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#DAB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB259

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB259	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c88b',
    500: '#dab259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab259;
$custom-light: #e9c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.395,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78173,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB259

secondary

#AFBEE0

accent

#51CB1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB259

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

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