#DAA842#DAA842

#DAA842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA842
RGB	rgb(218, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 8.21, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 58.19, 81.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0181 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.13 82)
XYZ	xyz(43.9021, 43.3071, 11.2000)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA842 #4274DA

analogous

#DA5C42 #DAA842 #C0DA42

triadic

#DAA842 #42DAA8 #A842DA

tetradic

#DAA842 #42DA5C #4274DA #DA42C0

square

#DAA842 #42DA5C #4274DA #DA42C0

split-complementary

#DAA842 #42C0DA #5C42DA

monochromatic

#87631A #BA8924 #DAA842 #E4C075 #EED7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DAA842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#DAA842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA842

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA842	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac17c',
    500: '#daa842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa842;
$custom-light: #eac17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.263,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75962,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.43304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA842

secondary

#9CB1DB

accent

#76EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA842

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

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