#DAA559#DAA559

#DAA559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA559
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 11.26, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 47.71, 76.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.03 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.113 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1742, 42.5400, 15.3337)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA559 #598EDA

analogous

#DA6459 #DAA559 #CEDA59

triadic

#DAA559 #59DAA5 #A559DA

tetradic

#DAA559 #59DA64 #598EDA #DA59CE

square

#DAA559 #59DA64 #598EDA #DA59CE

split-complementary

#DAA559 #59CEDA #6459DA

monochromatic

#976722 #C9892D #DAA559 #E5C08B #F0DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DAA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#DAA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA559

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA559	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bf8a',
    500: '#daa559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa559;
$custom-light: #e9bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.349,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75625,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA559

secondary

#AFC3E0

accent

#63CB1A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA559

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

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