#DAB536#DAB536

#DAB536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.144 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB536
RGB	rgb(218, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 75.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 0.77, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 65.51, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0047 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.144 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1058, 48.2223, 10.3687)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB536 #365BDA

analogous

#DA6336 #DAB536 #ADDA36

triadic

#DAB536 #36DAB5 #B536DA

tetradic

#DAB536 #36DA63 #365BDA #DA36AD

square

#DAB536 #36DA63 #365BDA #DA36AD

split-complementary

#DAB536 #36ADDA #6336DA

monochromatic

#7E6717 #B29121 #DAB536 #E4C86A #EDDB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DAB536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#DAB536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB536

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB536	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)

#C9B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.144 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca76',
    500: '#dab536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab536;
$custom-light: #eaca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.463,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78455,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB536

secondary

#93A3D9

accent

#64EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB536

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

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