Goldenrod#DAA520

#DAA520 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.147 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Goldenrod — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#DAA520
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 85%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 85.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 8.52, 68.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 69.29, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0154 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.147 84)
XYZ	xyz(42.6323, 41.9233, 7.2129)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA520 #2055DA

analogous

#DA4820 #DAA520 #B2DA20

triadic

#DAA520 #20DAA5 #A520DA

tetradic

#DAA520 #20DA48 #2055DA #DA20B2

square

#DAA520 #20DA48 #2055DA #DA20B2

split-complementary

#DAA520 #20B2DA #4820DA

monochromatic

#6F5410 #A57D18 #DAA520 #E6BB52 #EDD087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DAA520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#DAA520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA520

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA520	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.147 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf6a',
    500: '#daa520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa520;
$custom-light: #ebbf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.903,
    "s": 74.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75157,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.4192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA520

secondary

#7F98D7

accent

#6CF137

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF6EC

border

#D7D0C7

text

#171207

muted

#85817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA520

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

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