#DAA151#DAA151

#DAA151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.118 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA151
RGB	rgb(218, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 12.85, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 50.69, 75.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0336 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.118 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1461, 40.9924, 13.4229)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA151 #518ADA

analogous

#DA5C51 #DAA151 #CFDA51

triadic

#DAA151 #51DAA1 #A151DA

tetradic

#DAA151 #51DA5C #518ADA #DA51CF

square

#DAA151 #51DA5C #518ADA #DA51CF

split-complementary

#DAA151 #51CFDA #5C51DA

monochromatic

#92621F #C4842A #DAA151 #E5BC83 #EFD8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DAA151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#DAA151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA151

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA151	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.118 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bc84',
    500: '#daa151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa151;
$custom-light: #e9bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.036,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74759,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA151

secondary

#A8BFDE

accent

#86E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA151

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

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