#DAA01C#DAA01C

#DAA01C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.147 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA01C
RGB	rgb(218, 160, 28)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 87%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 87.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 11.10, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 69.66, 80.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0225 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.147 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6969, 40.1343, 6.6490)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA01C #1C56DA

analogous

#DA411C #DAA01C #B5DA1C

triadic

#DAA01C #1CDAA0 #A01CDA

tetradic

#DAA01C #1CDA41 #1C56DA #DA1CB5

square

#DAA01C #1CDA41 #1C56DA #DA1CB5

split-complementary

#DAA01C #1CB5DA #411CDA

monochromatic

#6E500E #A47815 #DAA01C #E8B84B #EFCD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DAA01C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#DAA01C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA01C

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA01C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA01C	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa01c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 160, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.147 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbb68',
    500: '#daa01c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa01c;
$custom-light: #ebbb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa01c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.684,
    "s": 77.236,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7417,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA01C

secondary

#7A97D7

accent

#6FF434

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF6EB

border

#D7D0C6

text

#171107

muted

#85807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA01C

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

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