#DAB538#DAB538

#DAB538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.143 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB538
RGB	rgb(218, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, 0.86, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 64.80, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0043 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.143 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1537, 48.2415, 10.6212)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB538 #385DDA

analogous

#DA6438 #DAB538 #AEDA38

triadic

#DAB538 #38DAB5 #B538DA

tetradic

#DAB538 #38DA64 #385DDA #DA38AE

square

#DAB538 #38DA64 #385DDA #DA38AE

split-complementary

#DAB538 #38AEDA #6438DA

monochromatic

#806818 #B39221 #DAB538 #E4C86C #EDDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DAB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#DAB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB538

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB538	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)

#C9B223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.143 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca77',
    500: '#dab538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab538;
$custom-light: #eaca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.296,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78469,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB538

secondary

#94A4DA

accent

#64EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB538

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →