#DAB738#DAB738

#DAB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.144 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB738
RGB	rgb(218, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -0.19, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 65.28, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.0073 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.144 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5633, 49.0607, 10.7577)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB738 #385BDA

analogous

#DA6638 #DAB738 #ACDA38

triadic

#DAB738 #38DAB7 #B738DA

tetradic

#DAB738 #38DA66 #385BDA #DA38AC

square

#DAB738 #38DA66 #385BDA #DA38AC

split-complementary

#DAB738 #38ACDA #6638DA

monochromatic

#806918 #B39421 #DAB738 #E4CA6C #EDDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DAB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#DAB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB738

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB738	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.144 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacc77',
    500: '#dab738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab738;
$custom-light: #eacc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.037,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78873,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB738

secondary

#94A3DA

accent

#62EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB738

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

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