#DAA259#DAA259

#DAA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA259
RGB	rgb(218, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 12.87, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 47.28, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0348 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.112 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6394, 41.4705, 15.1554)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA259 #5991DA

analogous

#DA6159 #DAA259 #D2DA59

triadic

#DAA259 #59DAA2 #A259DA

tetradic

#DAA259 #59DA61 #5991DA #DA59D2

square

#DAA259 #59DA61 #5991DA #DA59D2

split-complementary

#DAA259 #59D2DA #6159DA

monochromatic

#976422 #C9852D #DAA259 #E5BE8B #F0DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DAA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#DAA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA259

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA259	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)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bd8a',
    500: '#daa259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa259;
$custom-light: #e9bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.953,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75048,
    "c": 0.11213,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA259

secondary

#AFC4E0

accent

#67CB1A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA259

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

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