#DABC38#DABC38

#DABC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.147 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABC38
RGB	rgb(218, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -2.80, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 66.57, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0147 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.147 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6130, 51.1600, 11.1076)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABC38 #3856DA

analogous

#DA6B38 #DABC38 #A7DA38

triadic

#DABC38 #38DABC #BC38DA

tetradic

#DABC38 #38DA6B #3856DA #DA38A7

square

#DABC38 #38DA6B #3856DA #DA38A7

split-complementary

#DABC38 #38A7DA #6B38DA

monochromatic

#806D18 #B39821 #DABC38 #E4CD6C #EDDF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DABC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#DABC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABC38

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABC38	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)

#D0B820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dabc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.147 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacf78',
    500: '#dabc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dabc38;
$custom-light: #eacf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dabc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7989,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABC38

secondary

#2F4087

accent

#5DEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABC38

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

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