#DAB261#DAB261

#DAB261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.110 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB261
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 55.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, 4.94, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 46.62, 83.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% 0.0125 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.11 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9936, 47.6120, 18.0217)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB261 #6189DA

analogous

#DA7661 #DAB261 #C6DA61

triadic

#DAB261 #61DAB2 #B261DA

tetradic

#DAB261 #61DA76 #6189DA #DA61C6

square

#DAB261 #61DA76 #6189DA #DA61C6

split-complementary

#DAB261 #61C6DA #7661DA

monochromatic

#9C7525 #CE9A30 #DAB261 #E6CA93 #F1E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DAB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#DAB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB261

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB261	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.110 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c890',
    500: '#dab261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab261;
$custom-light: #e8c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.165,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78273,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB261

secondary

#B5C4E2

accent

#55CA1C

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130D

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB261

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

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