#DAA560#DAA560

#DAA560 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.107 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA560
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 96)
HSL	hsl(34, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 56%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 11.79, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 44.55, 74.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% 0.0325 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.107 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4822, 42.6632, 16.9560)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA560 #6095DA

analogous

#DA6860 #DAA560 #D2DA60

triadic

#DAA560 #60DAA5 #A560DA

tetradic

#DAA560 #60DA68 #6095DA #DA60D2

square

#DAA560 #60DA68 #6095DA #DA60D2

split-complementary

#DAA560 #60D2DA #6860DA

monochromatic

#9B6824 #CD8930 #DAA560 #E6C192 #F1DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DAA560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#DAA560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA560

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA560	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.107 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bf8f',
    500: '#daa560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa560;
$custom-light: #e8bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.934,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75718,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA560

secondary

#B4C8E2

accent

#67CA1C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA560

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

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