#DABA38#DABA38

#DABA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.146 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABA38
RGB	rgb(218, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -1.76, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 66.04, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0117 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.146 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1887, 50.3114, 10.9662)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABA38 #3858DA

analogous

#DA6938 #DABA38 #A9DA38

triadic

#DABA38 #38DABA #BA38DA

tetradic

#DABA38 #38DA69 #3858DA #DA38A9

square

#DABA38 #38DA69 #3858DA #DA38A9

split-complementary

#DABA38 #38A9DA #6938DA

monochromatic

#806B18 #B39721 #DABA38 #E4CC6C #EDDE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DABA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#DABA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABA38

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABA38	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)

#CEB621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.146 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eace78',
    500: '#daba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daba38;
$custom-light: #eace78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79482,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABA38

secondary

#2F4187

accent

#5FEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABA38

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

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