#DAB939#DAB939

#DAB939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.144 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB939
RGB	rgb(218, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 73.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -1.19, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 65.42, 91.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.01 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.144 94)
XYZ	xyz(47.0035, 49.9014, 11.0263)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB939 #395ADA

analogous

#DA6939 #DAB939 #ABDA39

triadic

#DAB939 #39DAB9 #B939DA

tetradic

#DAB939 #39DA69 #395ADA #DA39AB

square

#DAB939 #39DA69 #395ADA #DA39AB

split-complementary

#DAB939 #39ABDA #6939DA

monochromatic

#816B18 #B49622 #DAB939 #E4CB6D #EDDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DAB939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#DAB939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB939

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB939	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)

#CDB623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.144 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd78',
    500: '#dab939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab939;
$custom-light: #eacd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.702,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79285,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.49899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB939

secondary

#95A3DA

accent

#60EB3C

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB939

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

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