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#dab40c

a balanced, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold

RGB
218, 180, 12
HSL
49°, 90%, 45%
CMYK
0, 17, 95, 15
Luminance
0.4757

Every format

HEX#dab40c
RGBrgb(218, 180, 12)
HSLhsl(49, 90%, 45%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17%, 95%, 15%)
LABlab(74.6 0.2 75.5)
LCHlch(74.6 75.5 89.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.781 0.158 93.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #dab40c;
background-color: #dab40c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dab40c] bg-[#dab40c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dab40c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.706, blue: 0.047)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#dab40c")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#dab40c on white: 2.00:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dab40c on black: 10.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red85.5%
Green70.6%
Blue4.7%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta17.4%
Yellow94.5%
Key (black)14.5%

Color previews

#dab40c text on a black background

contrast 10.51:1

Card sample

#dab40c text on a white background

contrast 2.00:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dab40c;
Background color
Panel with #dab40c background
background-color: #dab40c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dab40c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(218, 180, 12, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(218, 180, 12, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dab40c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dab40c, #77DA0C);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dab40c

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #dab40c in the Color Lab