#DAA252#DAA252

#DAA252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA252
RGB	rgb(218, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 62.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 12.38, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 50.38, 75.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% 0.0323 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.118 74)
XYZ	xyz(43.3593, 41.3585, 13.6803)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA252 #528ADA

analogous

#DA5E52 #DAA252 #CEDA52

triadic

#DAA252 #52DAA2 #A252DA

tetradic

#DAA252 #52DA5E #528ADA #DA52CE

square

#DAA252 #52DA5E #528ADA #DA52CE

split-complementary

#DAA252 #52CEDA #5E52DA

monochromatic

#92631F #C5852A #DAA252 #E5BD84 #F0D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#DAA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#DAA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA252

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA252	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)

#B6A44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd85',
    500: '#daa252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa252;
$custom-light: #e9bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74962,
    "c": 0.11754,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.41355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA252

secondary

#A9BFDF

accent

#85E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA252

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

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