#DAB357#DAB357

#DAB357 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.119 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB357
RGB	rgb(218, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 3.66, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 51.48, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% 0.0075 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.119 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7561, 47.8365, 15.7856)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB357 #577EDA

analogous

#DA7157 #DAB357 #C0DA57

triadic

#DAB357 #57DAB3 #B357DA

tetradic

#DAB357 #57DA71 #577EDA #DA57C0

square

#DAB357 #57DA71 #577EDA #DA57C0

split-complementary

#DAB357 #57C0DA #7157DA

monochromatic

#967321 #C8992C #DAB357 #E5CA89 #F0E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DAB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#DAB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB357

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB357	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.119 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c989',
    500: '#dab357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab357;
$custom-light: #e9c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78349,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB357

secondary

#ADBCE0

accent

#72E741

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB357

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

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