#DAA253#DAA253

#DAA253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.117 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA253
RGB	rgb(218, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 61.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 12.44, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 49.94, 75.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0327 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.117 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3977, 41.3738, 13.8822)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA253 #538BDA

analogous

#DA5F53 #DAA253 #CFDA53

triadic

#DAA253 #53DAA2 #A253DA

tetradic

#DAA253 #53DA5F #538BDA #DA53CF

square

#DAA253 #53DA5F #538BDA #DA53CF

split-complementary

#DAA253 #53CFDA #5F53DA

monochromatic

#936320 #C5852A #DAA253 #E5BD85 #F0D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DAA253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#DAA253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA253

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA253	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#B6A44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.117 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd86',
    500: '#daa253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa253;
$custom-light: #e9bd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.111,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74974,
    "c": 0.11678,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA253

secondary

#AAC0DF

accent

#86E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA253

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

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