#DAB537#DAB537

#DAB537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.143 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB537
RGB	rgb(218, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, 0.82, 65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 65.16, 89.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0045 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.143 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1295, 48.2318, 10.4937)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB537 #375CDA

analogous

#DA6337 #DAB537 #AEDA37

triadic

#DAB537 #37DAB5 #B537DA

tetradic

#DAB537 #37DA63 #375CDA #DA37AE

square

#DAB537 #37DA63 #375CDA #DA37AE

split-complementary

#DAB537 #37AEDA #6337DA

monochromatic

#7F6818 #B39221 #DAB537 #E4C86B #EDDB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DAB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#DAB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB537

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB537	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)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.143 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca77',
    500: '#dab537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab537;
$custom-light: #eaca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.38,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78462,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB537

secondary

#93A3D9

accent

#64EC3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB537

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

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