#DAA257#DAA257

#DAA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.114 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA257
RGB	rgb(218, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, 12.72, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 48.17, 74.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.034 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.114 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5566, 41.4374, 14.7191)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA257 #578FDA

analogous

#DA6157 #DAA257 #D1DA57

triadic

#DAA257 #57DAA2 #A257DA

tetradic

#DAA257 #57DA61 #578FDA #DA57D1

square

#DAA257 #57DA61 #578FDA #DA57D1

split-complementary

#DAA257 #57D1DA #6157DA

monochromatic

#966421 #C8852C #DAA257 #E5BE89 #F0DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DAA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#DAA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA257

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA257	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.114 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd88',
    500: '#daa257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa257;
$custom-light: #e9bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.351,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75023,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA257

secondary

#ADC3E0

accent

#88E741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA257

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

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