#DAB545#DAB545

#DAB545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.134 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB545
RGB	rgb(218, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 68.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 1.49, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 59.78, 88.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.001 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.134 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5140, 48.3856, 12.5185)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB545 #456ADA

analogous

#DA6B45 #DAB545 #B4DA45

triadic

#DAB545 #45DAB5 #B545DA

tetradic

#DAB545 #45DA6B #456ADA #DA45B4

square

#DAB545 #45DA6B #456ADA #DA45B4

split-complementary

#DAB545 #45B4DA #6B45DA

monochromatic

#896E1B #BC9725 #DAB545 #E4C978 #EEDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DAB545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#DAB545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB545

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB545	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.134 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca7e',
    500: '#dab545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab545;
$custom-light: #e9ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 66.816,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78569,
    "c": 0.13431,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB545

secondary

#9FAEDC

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB545

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

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