#DAA557#DAA557

#DAA557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.114 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA557
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 11.11, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 48.61, 76.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0293 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.114 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0913, 42.5069, 14.8974)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA557 #578CDA

analogous

#DA6457 #DAA557 #CEDA57

triadic

#DAA557 #57DAA5 #A557DA

tetradic

#DAA557 #57DA64 #578CDA #DA57CE

square

#DAA557 #57DA64 #578CDA #DA57CE

split-complementary

#DAA557 #57CEDA #6457DA

monochromatic

#966621 #C8892C #DAA557 #E5C089 #F0DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DAA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#DAA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA557

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA557	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)

#B9A750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.114 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bf89',
    500: '#daa557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa557;
$custom-light: #e9bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.725,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.756,
    "c": 0.11417,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA557

secondary

#ADC2E0

accent

#84E741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA557

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

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