#DAB551#DAB551

#DAB551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.125 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB551
RGB	rgb(218, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 2.20, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 54.68, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% 0.0025 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.125 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9249, 48.5500, 14.6825)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB551 #5176DA

analogous

#DA7051 #DAB551 #BADA51

triadic

#DAB551 #51DAB5 #B551DA

tetradic

#DAB551 #51DA70 #5176DA #DA51BA

square

#DAB551 #51DA70 #5176DA #DA51BA

split-complementary

#DAB551 #51BADA #7051DA

monochromatic

#92731F #C49A2A #DAB551 #E5CA83 #EFE0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DAB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#DAB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB551

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB551	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.125 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ca86',
    500: '#dab551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab551;
$custom-light: #e9ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.796,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78683,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB551

secondary

#A8B7DE

accent

#6DE840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB551

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

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