#DAA53D#DAA53D

#DAA53D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.133 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA53D
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 72%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 9.57, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 59.68, 80.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% 0.0214 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.133 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2136, 42.1558, 10.2748)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA53D #3D72DA

analogous

#DA573D #DAA53D #C1DA3D

triadic

#DAA53D #3DDAA5 #A53DDA

tetradic

#DAA53D #3DDA57 #3D72DA #DA3DC1

square

#DAA53D #3DDA57 #3D72DA #DA3DC1

split-complementary

#DAA53D #3DC1DA #573DDA

monochromatic

#846019 #B78523 #DAA53D #E4BD70 #EED5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DAA53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#DAA53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA53D

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA53D	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.133 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf78',
    500: '#daa53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa53d;
$custom-light: #eabf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.745,
    "s": 67.965,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75334,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA53D

secondary

#98AFDB

accent

#78EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA53D

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

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