#DAB338#DAB338

#DAB338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.142 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB338
RGB	rgb(218, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, 1.91, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 64.33, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0013 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.142 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7500, 47.4340, 10.4866)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB338 #385FDA

analogous

#DA6238 #DAB338 #B0DA38

triadic

#DAB338 #38DAB3 #B338DA

tetradic

#DAB338 #38DA62 #385FDA #DA38B0

square

#DAB338 #38DA62 #385FDA #DA38B0

split-complementary

#DAB338 #38B0DA #6238DA

monochromatic

#806718 #B39021 #DAB338 #E4C76C #EDDA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DAB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#DAB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB338

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB338	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)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.142 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac977',
    500: '#dab338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab338;
$custom-light: #eac977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78066,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB338

secondary

#94A5DA

accent

#66EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB338

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

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