#DAA552#DAA552

#DAA552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.118 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA552
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 62.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 10.77, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 50.83, 77.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.0276 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.118 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8941, 42.4280, 13.8586)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA552 #5287DA

analogous

#DA6152 #DAA552 #CBDA52

triadic

#DAA552 #52DAA5 #A552DA

tetradic

#DAA552 #52DA61 #5287DA #DA52CB

square

#DAA552 #52DA61 #5287DA #DA52CB

split-complementary

#DAA552 #52CBDA #6152DA

monochromatic

#92651F #C5882A #DAA552 #E5BF84 #F0D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DAA552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#DAA552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA552

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA552	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.118 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bf85',
    500: '#daa552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa552;
$custom-light: #e9bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.618,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7554,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA552

secondary

#A9BEDF

accent

#81E840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA552

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

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