#DAA539#DAA539

#DAA539 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA539
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 57)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 73.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, 9.38, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 61.23, 81.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.0204 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.135 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1099, 42.1143, 9.7284)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA539 #396EDA

analogous

#DA5539 #DAA539 #BFDA39

triadic

#DAA539 #39DAA5 #A539DA

tetradic

#DAA539 #39DA55 #396EDA #DA39BF

square

#DAA539 #39DA55 #396EDA #DA39BF

split-complementary

#DAA539 #39BFDA #5539DA

monochromatic

#815E18 #B48422 #DAA539 #E4BC6D #EDD4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DAA539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#DAA539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA539

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA539	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)

#BBA629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf76',
    500: '#daa539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa539;
$custom-light: #eabf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.248,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75302,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA539

secondary

#95ACDA

accent

#76EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA539

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

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