#DAB956#DAB956

#DAB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.124 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAB956
RGB	rgb(218, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 0.43, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 53.54, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.002 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.124 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9443, 50.2778, 15.9815)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAB956 #5677DA

analogous

#DA7756 #DAB956 #B9DA56

triadic

#DAB956 #56DAB9 #B956DA

tetradic

#DAB956 #56DA77 #5677DA #DA56B9

square

#DAB956 #56DA77 #5677DA #DA56B9

split-complementary

#DAB956 #56B9DA #7756DA

monochromatic

#957821 #C7A02C #DAB956 #E5CE88 #F0E3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DAB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#DAB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAB956

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAB956	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dab956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.124 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cd89',
    500: '#dab956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dab956;
$custom-light: #e9cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dab956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79541,
    "c": 0.12362,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAB956

secondary

#3B529A

accent

#6AE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAB956

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

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