#DAA53E#DAA53E

#DAA53E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA53E
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 71.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 9.61, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 59.28, 80.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% 0.0216 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.132 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2408, 42.1667, 10.4180)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA53E #3E73DA

analogous

#DA573E #DAA53E #C1DA3E

triadic

#DAA53E #3EDAA5 #A53EDA

tetradic

#DAA53E #3EDA57 #3E73DA #DA3EC1

square

#DAA53E #3EDA57 #3E73DA #DA3EC1

split-complementary

#DAA53E #3EC1DA #573EDA

monochromatic

#846019 #B88523 #DAA53E #E4BD71 #EED5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DAA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#DAA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA53E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA53E	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)

#BAA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf79',
    500: '#daa53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa53e;
$custom-light: #eabf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.615,
    "s": 67.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75342,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA53E

secondary

#99AFDB

accent

#78EB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA53E

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

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