#DAA659#DAA659

#DAA659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.113 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA659
RGB	rgb(218, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 10.72, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 47.87, 77.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% 0.0284 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.113 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3553, 42.9022, 15.3940)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA659 #598DDA

analogous

#DA6559 #DAA659 #CDDA59

triadic

#DAA659 #59DAA6 #A659DA

tetradic

#DAA659 #59DA65 #598DDA #DA59CD

square

#DAA659 #59DA65 #598DDA #DA59CD

split-complementary

#DAA659 #59CDDA #6559DA

monochromatic

#976822 #C98A2D #DAA659 #E5C18B #F0DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DAA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#DAA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA659

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA659	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.113 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c08a',
    500: '#daa659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa659;
$custom-light: #e9c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.814,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75818,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA659

secondary

#AFC3E0

accent

#62CB1A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA659

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

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