#DAA837#DAA837

#DAA837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA837
RGB	rgb(218, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 7.69, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 62.47, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0152 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.137 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6084, 43.1897, 9.6533)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA837 #3769DA

analogous

#DA5637 #DAA837 #BADA37

triadic

#DAA837 #37DAA8 #A837DA

tetradic

#DAA837 #37DA56 #3769DA #DA37BA

square

#DAA837 #37DA56 #3769DA #DA37BA

split-complementary

#DAA837 #37BADA #5637DA

monochromatic

#7F5F18 #B38621 #DAA837 #E4BE6B #EDD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DAA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#DAA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA837

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA837	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac175',
    500: '#daa837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa837;
$custom-light: #eac175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.595,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75874,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA837

secondary

#93A9D9

accent

#72EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA837

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

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