#DAB53B#DAB53B

#DAB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.141 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB53B
RGB	rgb(218, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 72.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 0.99, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 63.70, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0036 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.141 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2293, 48.2717, 11.0192)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB53B #3B60DA

analogous

#DA663B #DAB53B #AFDA3B

triadic

#DAB53B #3BDAB5 #B53BDA

tetradic

#DAB53B #3BDA66 #3B60DA #DA3BAF

square

#DAB53B #3BDA66 #3B60DA #DA3BAF

split-complementary

#DAB53B #3BAFDA #663BDA

monochromatic

#826A19 #B69322 #DAB53B #E4C86E #EDDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DAB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#DAB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB53B

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB53B	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)

#C9B228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.141 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca79',
    500: '#dab53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab53b;
$custom-light: #eaca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.038,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7849,
    "c": 0.14087,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB53B

secondary

#97A6DA

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB53B

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

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