#DAA856#DAA856

#DAA856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.116 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA856
RGB	rgb(218, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 9.44, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 49.56, 79.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0243 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.116 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5982, 43.5856, 14.8662)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA856 #5688DA

analogous

#DA6656 #DAA856 #CADA56

triadic

#DAA856 #56DAA8 #A856DA

tetradic

#DAA856 #56DA66 #5688DA #DA56CA

square

#DAA856 #56DA66 #5688DA #DA56CA

split-complementary

#DAA856 #56CADA #6656DA

monochromatic

#956921 #C78C2C #DAA856 #E5C288 #F0DCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DAA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#DAA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA856

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA856	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.116 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c188',
    500: '#daa856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa856;
$custom-light: #e9c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.273,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA856

secondary

#ACC0E0

accent

#80E741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA856

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

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