#DAB838#DAB838

#DAB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.144 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB838
RGB	rgb(218, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -0.71, 65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 65.53, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0088 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.144 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7703, 49.4747, 10.8267)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB838 #385ADA

analogous

#DA6738 #DAB838 #ABDA38

triadic

#DAB838 #38DAB8 #B838DA

tetradic

#DAB838 #38DA67 #385ADA #DA38AB

square

#DAB838 #38DA67 #385ADA #DA38AB

split-complementary

#DAB838 #38ABDA #6738DA

monochromatic

#806A18 #B39521 #DAB838 #E4CA6C #EDDD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DAB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#DAB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB838

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB838	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.144 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacc77',
    500: '#dab838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab838;
$custom-light: #eacc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.407,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79075,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB838

secondary

#94A3DA

accent

#61EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB838

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

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