#DAA23C#DAA23C

#DAA23C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.133 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA23C
RGB	rgb(218, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 72.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, 11.12, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 59.61, 79.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0258 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.133 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.6522, 41.0756, 9.9561)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA23C #3C74DA

analogous

#DA533C #DAA23C #C3DA3C

triadic

#DAA23C #3CDAA2 #A23CDA

tetradic

#DAA23C #3CDA53 #3C74DA #DA3CC3

square

#DAA23C #3CDA53 #3C74DA #DA3CC3

split-complementary

#DAA23C #3CC3DA #533CDA

monochromatic

#835D19 #B68223 #DAA23C #E4BB6F #EED3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DAA23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#DAA23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA23C

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA23C	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.133 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabd78',
    500: '#daa23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa23c;
$custom-light: #eabd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.734,
    "s": 68.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74744,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA23C

secondary

#97AFDA

accent

#7BEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA23C

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

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