#DABB51#DABB51

#DABB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.129 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABB51
RGB	rgb(218, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -0.94, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 56.33, 90.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0066 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.129 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1712, 51.0427, 15.0979)
Luminance	0.5104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABB51 #5170DA

analogous

#DA7651 #DABB51 #B5DA51

triadic

#DABB51 #51DABB #BB51DA

tetradic

#DABB51 #51DA76 #5170DA #DA51B5

square

#DABB51 #51DA76 #5170DA #DA51B5

split-complementary

#DABB51 #51B5DA #7651DA

monochromatic

#92781F #C4A12A #DABB51 #E5CF83 #EFE2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DABB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#DABB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABB51

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABB51	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dabb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.129 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf86',
    500: '#dabb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dabb51;
$custom-light: #e9cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dabb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79894,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABB51

secondary

#394E97

accent

#66E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABB51

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

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