#DAA857#DAA857

#DAA857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.115 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA857
RGB	rgb(218, 168, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 9.51, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 49.11, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0246 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.115 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6388, 43.6018, 15.0798)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA857 #5789DA

analogous

#DA6757 #DAA857 #CBDA57

triadic

#DAA857 #57DAA8 #A857DA

tetradic

#DAA857 #57DA67 #5789DA #DA57CB

square

#DAA857 #57DA67 #5789DA #DA57CB

split-complementary

#DAA857 #57CBDA #6757DA

monochromatic

#966921 #C88C2C #DAA857 #E5C289 #F0DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DAA857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#DAA857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA857

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA857	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)

#BBA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 168, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.115 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c189',
    500: '#daa857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa857;
$custom-light: #e9c189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.099,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76181,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA857

secondary

#ADC0E0

accent

#80E741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA857

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

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