#DAA255#DAA255

#DAA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA255
RGB	rgb(218, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 12.58, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 49.06, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.0334 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.115 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4760, 41.4051, 14.2947)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA255 #558DDA

analogous

#DA6055 #DAA255 #CFDA55

triadic

#DAA255 #55DAA2 #A255DA

tetradic

#DAA255 #55DA60 #558DDA #DA55CF

square

#DAA255 #55DA60 #558DDA #DA55CF

split-complementary

#DAA255 #55CFDA #6055DA

monochromatic

#946320 #C7852B #DAA255 #E5BD87 #F0D9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DAA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#DAA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA255

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA255	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd87',
    500: '#daa255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa255;
$custom-light: #e9bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74998,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA255

secondary

#ABC1DF

accent

#87E741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA255

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

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