#DABB38#DABB38

#DABB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.146 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABB38
RGB	rgb(218, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -2.28, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 66.30, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0132 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.146 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4001, 50.7342, 11.0366)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABB38 #3857DA

analogous

#DA6A38 #DABB38 #A8DA38

triadic

#DABB38 #38DABB #BB38DA

tetradic

#DABB38 #38DA6A #3857DA #DA38A8

square

#DABB38 #38DA6A #3857DA #DA38A8

split-complementary

#DABB38 #38A8DA #6A38DA

monochromatic

#806C18 #B39721 #DABB38 #E4CD6C #EDDE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DABB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#DABB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABB38

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABB38	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)

#CFB721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dabb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.146 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf78',
    500: '#dabb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dabb38;
$custom-light: #eacf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dabb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.519,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79686,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABB38

secondary

#2F4087

accent

#5EEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABB38

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

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