#DAA159#DAA159

#DAA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.112 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA159
RGB	rgb(218, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, 13.40, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 47.15, 73.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% 0.0363 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.112 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4640, 41.1196, 15.0969)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA159 #5992DA

analogous

#DA6059 #DAA159 #D3DA59

triadic

#DAA159 #59DAA1 #A159DA

tetradic

#DAA159 #59DA60 #5992DA #DA59D3

square

#DAA159 #59DA60 #5992DA #DA59D3

split-complementary

#DAA159 #59D3DA #6059DA

monochromatic

#976322 #C9842D #DAA159 #E5BD8B #F0DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DAA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#DAA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA159

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA159	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)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.112 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bc8a',
    500: '#daa159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa159;
$custom-light: #e9bc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA159

secondary

#AFC5E0

accent

#68CB1A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA159

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

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