Palettes / Colors / #DABA07

#DABA07 — Vivid Yellow

#DABA07 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #DABA07 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DABA07 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #0726DA; it also sits naturally between #DA5107 and #90DA07. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 73% · Blue 3%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 15% · Yellow 97% · Key 15%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #DABA07

.text { color: #DABA07; }
.background { background-color: #DABA07; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DABA07; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 186, 7); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(51, 94%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DABA07; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 186, 7, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DABA07; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 186, 7, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DABA07">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DABA07">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DABA07

Tints of #DABA07

Tones of #DABA07

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0726DA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DABA07: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DABA07

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #DABA07 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DABA07 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DABA06  ·  #DABA08 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DABA07?

#DABA07 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 218, 186, 7). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DABA07?

#DABA07 is RGB 218, 186, 7 — HSL 51°, 94%, 44% — CMYK 0%, 15%, 97%, 15%.

What colors go with #DABA07?

Its complement is #0726DA; analogous partners are #DA5107 and #90DA07. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DABA07 for text?

Black text on #DABA07 has a contrast ratio of 11.01:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.91:1.