#DAA173#DAA173

#DAA173 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.091 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA173
RGB	rgb(218, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(27, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 47.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 15.63, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 35.77, 64.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.0461 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.091 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7549, 41.6359, 21.8956)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA173 #73ACDA

analogous

#DA7378 #DAA173 #DAD473

triadic

#DAA173 #73DAA1 #A173DA

tetradic

#DAA173 #78DA73 #73ACDA #D473DA

square

#DAA173 #78DA73 #73ACDA #D473DA

split-complementary

#DAA173 #73DAD4 #7378DA

monochromatic

#A7632C #CD8043 #DAA173 #E7C2A3 #F4E2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DAA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#DAA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA173

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA173	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.091 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bc9c',
    500: '#daa173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa173;
$custom-light: #e8bc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.796,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75254,
    "c": 0.09133,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA173

secondary

#C3D6E6

accent

#7CC620

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA173

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

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