#DABB59#DABB59

#DABB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.122 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABB59
RGB	rgb(218, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -0.40, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 52.76, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.004 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.122 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.4891, 51.1698, 16.7720)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABB59 #5978DA

analogous

#DA7A59 #DABB59 #B9DA59

triadic

#DABB59 #59DABB #BB59DA

tetradic

#DABB59 #59DA7A #5978DA #DA59B9

square

#DABB59 #59DA7A #5978DA #DA59B9

split-complementary

#DABB59 #59B9DA #7A59DA

monochromatic

#977B22 #C9A32D #DABB59 #E5CF8B #F0E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DABB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#DABB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABB59

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABB59	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dabb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.122 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf8b',
    500: '#dabb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dabb59;
$custom-light: #e8cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dabb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79979,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABB59

secondary

#3C539B

accent

#45CB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABB59

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

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