#DAB951#DAB951

#DAB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.128 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB951
RGB	rgb(218, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, 0.10, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 55.76, 89.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0036 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.128 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.7499, 50.2000, 14.9575)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB951 #5172DA

analogous

#DA7451 #DAB951 #B7DA51

triadic

#DAB951 #51DAB9 #B951DA

tetradic

#DAB951 #51DA74 #5172DA #DA51B7

square

#DAB951 #51DA74 #5172DA #DA51B7

split-complementary

#DAB951 #51B7DA #7451DA

monochromatic

#92761F #C49F2A #DAB951 #E5CD83 #EFE2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DAB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#DAB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB951

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB951	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.128 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd86',
    500: '#dab951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab951;
$custom-light: #e9cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79489,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB951

secondary

#394F97

accent

#68E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB951

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

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