#DAB539#DAB539

#DAB539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.142 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB539
RGB	rgb(218, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 73.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, 0.90, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 64.43, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0041 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.142 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1784, 48.2514, 10.7513)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB539 #395EDA

analogous

#DA6539 #DAB539 #AFDA39

triadic

#DAB539 #39DAB5 #B539DA

tetradic

#DAB539 #39DA65 #395EDA #DA39AF

square

#DAB539 #39DA65 #395EDA #DA39AF

split-complementary

#DAB539 #39AFDA #6539DA

monochromatic

#816918 #B49222 #DAB539 #E4C86D #EDDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DAB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#DAB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB539

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB539	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)

#C9B225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.142 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca78',
    500: '#dab539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab539;
$custom-light: #eaca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78475,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB539

secondary

#95A5DA

accent

#65EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB539

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

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