#DAB281#DAB281

#DAB281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.079 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB281
RGB	rgb(218, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(33, 41%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 40.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, 7.97, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 31.52, 75.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% 0.0247 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.079 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7978, 48.3336, 27.5236)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB281 #81A9DA

analogous

#DA8581 #DAB281 #D5DA81

triadic

#DAB281 #81DAB2 #B281DA

tetradic

#DAB281 #81DA85 #81A9DA #DA81D5

square

#DAB281 #81DA85 #81A9DA #DA81D5

split-complementary

#DAB281 #81D5DA #8581DA

monochromatic

#AE7733 #CC9552 #DAB281 #E8CFB0 #F6ECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DAB281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#DAB281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB281

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB281	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B37D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABD82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.079 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c9a6',
    500: '#dab281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab281;
$custom-light: #e7c9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.034,
    "s": 54.601,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78778,
    "c": 0.07949,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB281

secondary

#CEDAE9

accent

#6BC223

background

#FEFCFA

surface

#FDF8F4

border

#D5D1CE

text

#16130F

muted

#84827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB281

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

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