#DAA157#DAA157

#DAA157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA157
RGB	rgb(218, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 13.26, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 48.04, 73.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0356 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.114 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3811, 41.0865, 14.6606)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA157 #5790DA

analogous

#DA6057 #DAA157 #D1DA57

triadic

#DAA157 #57DAA1 #A157DA

tetradic

#DAA157 #57DA60 #5790DA #DA57D1

square

#DAA157 #57DA60 #5790DA #DA57D1

split-complementary

#DAA157 #57D1DA #6057DA

monochromatic

#966321 #C8842C #DAA157 #E5BD89 #F0D9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DAA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#DAA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA157

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA157	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bc88',
    500: '#daa157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa157;
$custom-light: #e9bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.893,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74832,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA157

secondary

#ADC3E0

accent

#89E741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA157

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

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