#DAA042#DAA042

#DAA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.129 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA042
RGB	rgb(218, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 12.49, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 56.93, 77.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0305 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.129 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4704, 40.4437, 10.7228)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA042 #427CDA

analogous

#DA5442 #DAA042 #C8DA42

triadic

#DAA042 #42DAA0 #A042DA

tetradic

#DAA042 #42DA54 #427CDA #DA42C8

square

#DAA042 #42DA54 #427CDA #DA42C8

split-complementary

#DAA042 #42C8DA #5442DA

monochromatic

#875E1A #BA8124 #DAA042 #E4BA75 #EED3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DAA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DAA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA042

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA042	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.129 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabb7b',
    500: '#daa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa042;
$custom-light: #eabb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.105,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74412,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA042

secondary

#9CB4DB

accent

#7FEA3E

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA042

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

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