#DAA251#DAA251

#DAA251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA251
RGB	rgb(218, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, 12.31, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 50.82, 75.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.032 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.118 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3216, 41.3433, 13.4814)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA251 #5189DA

analogous

#DA5D51 #DAA251 #CEDA51

triadic

#DAA251 #51DAA2 #A251DA

tetradic

#DAA251 #51DA5D #5189DA #DA51CE

square

#DAA251 #51DA5D #5189DA #DA51CE

split-complementary

#DAA251 #51CEDA #5D51DA

monochromatic

#92631F #C4852A #DAA251 #E5BD83 #EFD8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#DAA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#DAA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA251

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA251	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd84',
    500: '#daa251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa251;
$custom-light: #e9bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.474,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74951,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA251

secondary

#A8BEDE

accent

#85E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA251

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

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