#DAA556#DAA556

#DAA556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA556
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 11.04, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 49.05, 76.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% 0.029 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.115 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0508, 42.4907, 14.6837)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA556 #568BDA

analogous

#DA6356 #DAA556 #CDDA56

triadic

#DAA556 #56DAA5 #A556DA

tetradic

#DAA556 #56DA63 #568BDA #DA56CD

square

#DAA556 #56DA63 #568BDA #DA56CD

split-complementary

#DAA556 #56CDDA #6356DA

monochromatic

#956621 #C7892C #DAA556 #E5C088 #F0DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DAA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#DAA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA556

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA556	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bf88',
    500: '#daa556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa556;
$custom-light: #e9bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.909,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75587,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA556

secondary

#ACC1E0

accent

#84E741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA556

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

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