#DABA59#DABA59

#DABA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.122 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABA59
RGB	rgb(218, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, 0.12, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 52.47, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0025 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.122 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2777, 50.7470, 16.7015)
Luminance	0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABA59 #5979DA

analogous

#DA7959 #DABA59 #BADA59

triadic

#DABA59 #59DABA #BA59DA

tetradic

#DABA59 #59DA79 #5979DA #DA59BA

square

#DABA59 #59DA79 #5979DA #DA59BA

split-complementary

#DABA59 #59BADA #7959DA

monochromatic

#977A22 #C9A22D #DABA59 #E5CF8B #F0E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DABA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#DABA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABA59

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABA59	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.122 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ce8b',
    500: '#daba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daba59;
$custom-light: #e8ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79777,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABA59

secondary

#3C539B

accent

#46CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABA59

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

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