#DABD37#DABD37

#DABD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.148 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABD37
RGB	rgb(218, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -3.36, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 67.18, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0164 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.148 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8031, 51.5790, 11.0515)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABD37 #3754DA

analogous

#DA6B37 #DABD37 #A5DA37

triadic

#DABD37 #37DABD #BD37DA

tetradic

#DABD37 #37DA6B #3754DA #DA37A5

square

#DABD37 #37DA6B #3754DA #DA37A5

split-complementary

#DABD37 #37A5DA #6B37DA

monochromatic

#7F6D18 #B39921 #DABD37 #E4CE6B #EDDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DABD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#DABD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABD37

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABD37	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dabd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.148 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead077',
    500: '#dabd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dabd37;
$custom-light: #ead077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dabd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.325,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80088,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABD37

secondary

#2F3F86

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABD37

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

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