#DAB638#DAB638

#DAB638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.143 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB638
RGB	rgb(218, 182, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 0.33, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 65.04, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0058 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.143 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3578, 48.6496, 10.6892)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB638 #385CDA

analogous

#DA6538 #DAB638 #ADDA38

triadic

#DAB638 #38DAB6 #B638DA

tetradic

#DAB638 #38DA65 #385CDA #DA38AD

square

#DAB638 #38DA65 #385CDA #DA38AD

split-complementary

#DAB638 #38ADDA #6538DA

monochromatic

#806918 #B39321 #DAB638 #E4C96C #EDDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DAB638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#DAB638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB638

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB638	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)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 182, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.143 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacb77',
    500: '#dab638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab638;
$custom-light: #eacb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7867,
    "c": 0.14323,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB638

secondary

#94A4DA

accent

#63EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB638

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

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