#DAB535#DAB535

#DAB535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.144 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB535
RGB	rgb(218, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 75.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 0.73, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 65.86, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.005 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.144 92)
XYZ	xyz(46.0825, 48.2130, 10.2463)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB535 #355ADA

analogous

#DA6235 #DAB535 #ADDA35

triadic

#DAB535 #35DAB5 #B535DA

tetradic

#DAB535 #35DA62 #355ADA #DA35AD

square

#DAB535 #35DA62 #355ADA #DA35AD

split-complementary

#DAB535 #35ADDA #6235DA

monochromatic

#7E6717 #B19120 #DAB535 #E3C869 #EDDB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DAB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#DAB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB535

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB535	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.144 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca76',
    500: '#dab535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab535;
$custom-light: #eaca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.545,
    "s": 69.038,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78449,
    "c": 0.14435,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.4821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB535

secondary

#92A2D9

accent

#63EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB535

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

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