#DAA561#DAA561

#DAA561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.106 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA561
RGB	rgb(218, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(34, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 55.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 11.87, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 44.10, 74.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0329 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.106 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5286, 42.6818, 17.2000)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA561 #6196DA

analogous

#DA6961 #DAA561 #D3DA61

triadic

#DAA561 #61DAA5 #A561DA

tetradic

#DAA561 #61DA69 #6196DA #DA61D3

square

#DAA561 #61DA69 #6196DA #DA61D3

split-complementary

#DAA561 #61D3DA #6961DA

monochromatic

#9C6825 #CE8930 #DAA561 #E6C193 #F1DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DAA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#DAA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA561

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA561	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.106 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8bf8f',
    500: '#daa561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa561;
$custom-light: #e8bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.719,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75732,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA561

secondary

#B5C9E2

accent

#68CA1C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA561

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

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