#DAB559#DAB559

#DAB559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB559
RGB	rgb(218, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, 2.75, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 51.08, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0051 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.119 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2427, 48.6771, 16.3565)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB559 #597EDA

analogous

#DA7559 #DAB559 #BEDA59

triadic

#DAB559 #59DAB5 #B559DA

tetradic

#DAB559 #59DA75 #597EDA #DA59BE

square

#DAB559 #59DA75 #597EDA #DA59BE

split-complementary

#DAB559 #59BEDA #7559DA

monochromatic

#977522 #C99C2D #DAB559 #E5CB8B #F0E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DAB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#DAB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB559

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB559	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca8b',
    500: '#dab559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab559;
$custom-light: #e8ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.791,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78771,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB559

secondary

#AFBDE0

accent

#4DCB1A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB559

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

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