#DAB438#DAB438

#DAB438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.142 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB438
RGB	rgb(218, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 1.38, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 64.56, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0028 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.142 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9511, 47.8363, 10.5537)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB438 #385EDA

analogous

#DA6338 #DAB438 #AFDA38

triadic

#DAB438 #38DAB4 #B438DA

tetradic

#DAB438 #38DA63 #385EDA #DA38AF

square

#DAB438 #38DA63 #385EDA #DA38AF

split-complementary

#DAB438 #38AFDA #6338DA

monochromatic

#806718 #B39121 #DAB438 #E4C76C #EDDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DAB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#DAB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB438

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB438	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)

#C8B223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.142 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca77',
    500: '#dab438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab438;
$custom-light: #eaca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.926,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78267,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB438

secondary

#94A5DA

accent

#65EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB438

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

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