#DAA537#DAA537

#DAA537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA537
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 9.29, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 61.98, 81.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.0199 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.136 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0610, 42.0947, 9.4708)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA537 #376CDA

analogous

#DA5337 #DAA537 #BDDA37

triadic

#DAA537 #37DAA5 #A537DA

tetradic

#DAA537 #37DA53 #376CDA #DA37BD

square

#DAA537 #37DA53 #376CDA #DA37BD

split-complementary

#DAA537 #37BDDA #5337DA

monochromatic

#7F5D18 #B38321 #DAA537 #E4BC6B #EDD39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DAA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#DAA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA537

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA537	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf75',
    500: '#daa537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa537;
$custom-light: #eabf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.491,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75288,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA537

secondary

#93AAD9

accent

#75EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA537

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

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