#DABE40#DABE40

#DABE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.143 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABE40
RGB	rgb(218, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -3.47, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 64.18, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0158 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.143 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2547, 52.1050, 12.3651)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABE40 #405CDA

analogous

#DA7140 #DABE40 #A9DA40

triadic

#DABE40 #40DABE #BE40DA

tetradic

#DABE40 #40DA71 #405CDA #DA40A9

square

#DABE40 #40DA71 #405CDA #DA40A9

split-complementary

#DABE40 #40A9DA #7140DA

monochromatic

#86721A #B99E24 #DABE40 #E4CF73 #EEE1A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DABE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#DABE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABE40

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABE40	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dabe40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.143 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d17c',
    500: '#dabe40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dabe40;
$custom-light: #e9d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dabe40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80355,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABE40

secondary

#32428C

accent

#5DEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABE40

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

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