#DABA51#DABA51

#DABA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.128 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABA51
RGB	rgb(218, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -0.42, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 56.04, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0051 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.128 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9598, 50.6199, 15.0274)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABA51 #5171DA

analogous

#DA7551 #DABA51 #B6DA51

triadic

#DABA51 #51DABA #BA51DA

tetradic

#DABA51 #51DA75 #5171DA #DA51B6

square

#DABA51 #51DA75 #5171DA #DA51B6

split-complementary

#DABA51 #51B6DA #7551DA

monochromatic

#92771F #C4A02A #DABA51 #E5CE83 #EFE2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DABA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#DABA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABA51

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABA51	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.128 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9ce86',
    500: '#daba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daba51;
$custom-light: #e9ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79691,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABA51

secondary

#394F97

accent

#67E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABA51

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

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