#DAA272#DAA272

#DAA272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.092 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA272
RGB	rgb(218, 162, 114)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 47.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 14.99, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 36.24, 65.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0441 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.092 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8731, 41.9640, 21.6527)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA272 #72AADA

analogous

#DA7276 #DAA272 #DAD672

triadic

#DAA272 #72DAA2 #A272DA

tetradic

#DAA272 #76DA72 #72AADA #D672DA

square

#DAA272 #76DA72 #72AADA #D672DA

split-complementary

#DAA272 #72DAD6 #7276DA

monochromatic

#A6642C #CD8242 #DAA272 #E7C2A2 #F3E2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DAA272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#DAA272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA272

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA272	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 162, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.092 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bd9b',
    500: '#daa272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa272;
$custom-light: #e8bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA272

secondary

#C2D5E6

accent

#79C61F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA272

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

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