#DAA542#DAA542

#DAA542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.130 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA542
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 9.82, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 57.67, 80.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0227 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.13 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3547, 42.2122, 11.0175)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA542 #4277DA

analogous

#DA5942 #DAA542 #C3DA42

triadic

#DAA542 #42DAA5 #A542DA

tetradic

#DAA542 #42DA59 #4277DA #DA42C3

square

#DAA542 #42DA59 #4277DA #DA42C3

split-complementary

#DAA542 #42C3DA #5942DA

monochromatic

#87611A #BA8624 #DAA542 #E4BD75 #EED6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DAA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#DAA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA542

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA542	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabf7b',
    500: '#daa542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa542;
$custom-light: #eabf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.079,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75377,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA542

secondary

#9CB2DB

accent

#7AEA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA542

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

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