#DAB459#DAB459

#DAB459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.118 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB459
RGB	rgb(218, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 3.28, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 50.82, 86.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0066 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.118 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.0401, 48.2719, 16.2890)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB459 #597FDA

analogous

#DA7459 #DAB459 #BFDA59

triadic

#DAB459 #59DAB4 #B459DA

tetradic

#DAB459 #59DA74 #597FDA #DA59BF

square

#DAB459 #59DA74 #597FDA #DA59BF

split-complementary

#DAB459 #59BFDA #7459DA

monochromatic

#977422 #C99B2D #DAB459 #E5CB8B #F0E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DAB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#DAB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB459

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB459	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.118 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca8b',
    500: '#dab459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab459;
$custom-light: #e8ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78571,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB459

secondary

#AFBDE0

accent

#4ECB1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB459

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

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