#DAA853#DAA853

#DAA853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.118 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA853
RGB	rgb(218, 168, 83)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 61.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 9.23, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 50.90, 79.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% 0.0233 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.118 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4799, 43.5382, 14.2429)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA853 #5385DA

analogous

#DA6553 #DAA853 #C8DA53

triadic

#DAA853 #53DAA8 #A853DA

tetradic

#DAA853 #53DA65 #5385DA #DA53C8

square

#DAA853 #53DA65 #5385DA #DA53C8

split-complementary

#DAA853 #53C8DA #6553DA

monochromatic

#936820 #C58C2A #DAA853 #E5C185 #F0DBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DAA853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#DAA853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA853

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA853	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 168, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.118 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c186',
    500: '#daa853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa853;
$custom-light: #e9c186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 64.593,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76134,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA853

secondary

#AABEDF

accent

#7EE840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA853

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

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