#DAA21E#DAA21E

#DAA21E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.147 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA21E
RGB	rgb(218, 162, 30)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 86%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 86.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 10.08, 68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 69.40, 81.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% 0.0197 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.147 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.0711, 40.8432, 6.8958)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA21E #1E56DA

analogous

#DA441E #DAA21E #B4DA1E

triadic

#DAA21E #1EDAA2 #A21EDA

tetradic

#DAA21E #1EDA44 #1E56DA #DA1EB4

square

#DAA21E #1EDA44 #1E56DA #DA1EB4

split-complementary

#DAA21E #1EB4DA #441EDA

monochromatic

#6E520F #A47A17 #DAA21E #E7B94E #EECF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DAA21E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#DAA21E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA21E

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA21E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA21E	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa21e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 162, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.147 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd69',
    500: '#daa21e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa21e;
$custom-light: #ebbd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa21e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 75.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74565,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA21E

secondary

#7D98D7

accent

#6EF235

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF6EC

border

#D7D0C7

text

#171207

muted

#85817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA21E

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

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