#DAB541#DAB541

#DAB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.137 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB541
RGB	rgb(218, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 70.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, 1.28, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 61.39, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0021 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.137 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3940, 48.3376, 11.8865)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB541 #4166DA

analogous

#DA6841 #DAB541 #B3DA41

triadic

#DAB541 #41DAB5 #B541DA

tetradic

#DAB541 #41DA68 #4166DA #DA41B3

square

#DAB541 #41DA68 #4166DA #DA41B3

split-complementary

#DAB541 #41B3DA #6841DA

monochromatic

#866C1A #BA9524 #DAB541 #E4C974 #EEDDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DAB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#DAB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB541

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB541	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.137 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7c',
    500: '#dab541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab541;
$custom-light: #e9ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 67.401,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78535,
    "c": 0.13705,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB541

secondary

#9CABDB

accent

#67EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB541

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

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