#DAA172#DAA172

#DAA172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.092 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA172
RGB	rgb(218, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(27, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 47.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 15.53, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 36.19, 64.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.0457 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.092 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6976, 41.6131, 21.5942)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA172 #72ABDA

analogous

#DA7277 #DAA172 #DAD572

triadic

#DAA172 #72DAA1 #A172DA

tetradic

#DAA172 #77DA72 #72ABDA #D572DA

square

#DAA172 #77DA72 #72ABDA #D572DA

split-complementary

#DAA172 #72DAD5 #7277DA

monochromatic

#A6632C #CD8142 #DAA172 #E7C1A2 #F3E2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DAA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#DAA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA172

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA172	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.092 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bc9b',
    500: '#daa172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa172;
$custom-light: #e8bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.115,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75237,
    "c": 0.09212,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA172

secondary

#C2D6E6

accent

#7BC61F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA172

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

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