#DABE51#DABE51

#DABE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.131 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DABE51
RGB	rgb(218, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -2.51, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 57.22, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0111 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.131 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8143, 52.3289, 15.3123)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DABE51 #516DDA

analogous

#DA7951 #DABE51 #B1DA51

triadic

#DABE51 #51DABE #BE51DA

tetradic

#DABE51 #51DA79 #516DDA #DA51B1

square

#DABE51 #51DA79 #516DDA #DA51B1

split-complementary

#DABE51 #51B1DA #7951DA

monochromatic

#927A1F #C4A52A #DABE51 #E5D183 #EFE4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DABE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#DABE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DABE51

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DABE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DABE51	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dabe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d186',
    500: '#dabe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dabe51;
$custom-light: #e9d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dabe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.737,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80504,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DABE51

secondary

#394C97

accent

#62E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DABE51

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

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