#DABB37#DABB37

#DABB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.147 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABB37
RGB	rgb(218, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -2.32, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 66.65, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0134 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.147 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3759, 50.7245, 10.9091)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABB37 #3756DA

analogous

#DA6937 #DABB37 #A7DA37

triadic

#DABB37 #37DABB #BB37DA

tetradic

#DABB37 #37DA69 #3756DA #DA37A7

square

#DABB37 #37DA69 #3756DA #DA37A7

split-complementary

#DABB37 #37A7DA #6937DA

monochromatic

#7F6B18 #B39721 #DABB37 #E4CD6B #EDDE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DABB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#DABB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABB37

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABB37	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB71F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dabb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.147 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf77',
    500: '#dabb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dabb37;
$custom-light: #eacf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dabb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.589,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79679,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABB37

secondary

#2F4086

accent

#5EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABB37

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

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