#DABC40#DABC40

#DABC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.142 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABC40
RGB	rgb(218, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -2.43, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 63.62, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0128 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.142 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8245, 51.2446, 12.2217)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABC40 #405EDA

analogous

#DA6F40 #DABC40 #ABDA40

triadic

#DABC40 #40DABC #BC40DA

tetradic

#DABC40 #40DA6F #405EDA #DA40AB

square

#DABC40 #40DA6F #405EDA #DA40AB

split-complementary

#DABC40 #40ABDA #6F40DA

monochromatic

#86711A #B99C24 #DABC40 #E4CE73 #EEE0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DABC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#DABC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABC40

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABC40	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dabc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.142 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cf7c',
    500: '#dabc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dabc40;
$custom-light: #e9cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dabc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.312,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79947,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABC40

secondary

#32448C

accent

#5FEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABC40

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

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