#DAB442#DAB442

#DAB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.136 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB442
RGB	rgb(218, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, 1.86, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 60.75, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0003 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.136 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2206, 47.9441, 11.9728)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB442 #4268DA

analogous

#DA6842 #DAB442 #B4DA42

triadic

#DAB442 #42DAB4 #B442DA

tetradic

#DAB442 #42DA68 #4268DA #DA42B4

square

#DAB442 #42DA68 #4268DA #DA42B4

split-complementary

#DAB442 #42B4DA #6842DA

monochromatic

#876C1A #BA9524 #DAB442 #E4C875 #EEDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DAB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#DAB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB442

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB442	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.136 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7d',
    500: '#dab442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab442;
$custom-light: #e9ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78342,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB442

secondary

#9CACDB

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB442

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

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