#DAA462#DAA462

#DAA462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.105 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA462
RGB	rgb(218, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(33, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 12.49, 41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 43.51, 73.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% 0.0348 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.105 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3958, 42.3412, 17.3873)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA462 #6298DA

analogous

#DA6862 #DAA462 #D4DA62

triadic

#DAA462 #62DAA4 #A462DA

tetradic

#DAA462 #62DA68 #6298DA #DA62D4

square

#DAA462 #62DA68 #6298DA #DA62D4

split-complementary

#DAA462 #62D4DA #6862DA

monochromatic

#9D6725 #CE8731 #DAA462 #E6C194 #F1DDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DAA462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#DAA462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA462

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA462	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.105 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8be90',
    500: '#daa462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa462;
$custom-light: #e8be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75554,
    "c": 0.10506,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA462

secondary

#B6CAE2

accent

#6ACA1C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA462

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

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