#DABA40#DABA40

#DABA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.141 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABA40
RGB	rgb(218, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -1.39, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 63.07, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0098 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.141 94)
XYZ	xyz(47.4002, 50.3960, 12.0802)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABA40 #4060DA

analogous

#DA6D40 #DABA40 #ADDA40

triadic

#DABA40 #40DABA #BA40DA

tetradic

#DABA40 #40DA6D #4060DA #DA40AD

square

#DABA40 #40DA6D #4060DA #DA40AD

split-complementary

#DABA40 #40ADDA #6D40DA

monochromatic

#866F1A #B99A24 #DABA40 #E4CD73 #EEDFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DABA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#DABA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABA40

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABA40	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.141 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ce7c',
    500: '#daba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daba40;
$custom-light: #e9ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79539,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.50393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABA40

secondary

#32458C

accent

#61EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABA40

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

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