#DAA851#DAA851

#DAA851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA851
RGB	rgb(218, 168, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, 9.10, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 51.79, 79.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% 0.0226 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.12 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4038, 43.5078, 13.8421)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA851 #5183DA

analogous

#DA6351 #DAA851 #C7DA51

triadic

#DAA851 #51DAA8 #A851DA

tetradic

#DAA851 #51DA63 #5183DA #DA51C7

square

#DAA851 #51DA63 #5183DA #DA51C7

split-complementary

#DAA851 #51C7DA #6351DA

monochromatic

#92681F #C48C2A #DAA851 #E5C183 #EFDAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DAA851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#DAA851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA851

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA851	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 168, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c185',
    500: '#daa851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa851;
$custom-light: #e9c185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.102,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76111,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA851

secondary

#A8BCDE

accent

#7DE840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA851

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

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