#DAB937#DAB937

#DAB937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.146 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB937
RGB	rgb(218, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -1.28, 66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 66.14, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0105 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.146 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9545, 49.8819, 10.7687)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB937 #3758DA

analogous

#DA6737 #DAB937 #A9DA37

triadic

#DAB937 #37DAB9 #B937DA

tetradic

#DAB937 #37DA67 #3758DA #DA37A9

square

#DAB937 #37DA67 #3758DA #DA37A9

split-complementary

#DAB937 #37A9DA #6737DA

monochromatic

#7F6A18 #B39521 #DAB937 #E4CB6B #EDDD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DAB937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#DAB937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB937

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB937	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.146 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd77',
    500: '#dab937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab937;
$custom-light: #eacd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.853,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79272,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB937

secondary

#93A2D9

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB937

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

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