#DAA551#DAA551

#DAA551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA551
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 10.70, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 51.28, 77.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% 0.0273 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.119 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8563, 42.4129, 13.6596)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA551 #5186DA

analogous

#DA6051 #DAA551 #CBDA51

triadic

#DAA551 #51DAA5 #A551DA

tetradic

#DAA551 #51DA60 #5186DA #DA51CB

square

#DAA551 #51DA60 #5186DA #DA51CB

split-complementary

#DAA551 #51CBDA #6051DA

monochromatic

#92651F #C4882A #DAA551 #E5BF83 #EFD9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DAA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#DAA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA551

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA551	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bf85',
    500: '#daa551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa551;
$custom-light: #e9bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.788,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75529,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA551

secondary

#A8BDDE

accent

#81E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA551

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

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