#DAA440#DAA440

#DAA440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA440
RGB	rgb(218, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 10.25, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 58.33, 79.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0237 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.131 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1171, 41.8297, 10.6525)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA440 #4076DA

analogous

#DA5740 #DAA440 #C3DA40

triadic

#DAA440 #40DAA4 #A440DA

tetradic

#DAA440 #40DA57 #4076DA #DA40C3

square

#DAA440 #40DA57 #4076DA #DA40C3

split-complementary

#DAA440 #40C3DA #5740DA

monochromatic

#86601A #B98524 #DAA440 #E4BC73 #EED5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DAA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#DAA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA440

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA440	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabe7a',
    500: '#daa440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa440;
$custom-light: #eabe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.961,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75165,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA440

secondary

#9BB1DB

accent

#7AEA3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA440

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

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