#DAA256#DAA256

#DAA256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA256
RGB	rgb(218, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 12.65, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 48.62, 74.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0337 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.114 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5160, 41.4211, 14.5054)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA256 #568EDA

analogous

#DA6056 #DAA256 #D0DA56

triadic

#DAA256 #56DAA2 #A256DA

tetradic

#DAA256 #56DA60 #568EDA #DA56D0

square

#DAA256 #56DA60 #568EDA #DA56D0

split-complementary

#DAA256 #56D0DA #6056DA

monochromatic

#956421 #C7852C #DAA256 #E5BE88 #F0D9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DAA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#DAA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA256

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA256	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)

#B6A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd88',
    500: '#daa256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa256;
$custom-light: #e9bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7501,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA256

secondary

#ACC2E0

accent

#87E741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA256

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

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