#DAA859#DAA859

#DAA859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA859
RGB	rgb(218, 168, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, 9.65, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 48.21, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% 0.0253 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.113 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7216, 43.6349, 15.5162)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA859 #598BDA

analogous

#DA6759 #DAA859 #CCDA59

triadic

#DAA859 #59DAA8 #A859DA

tetradic

#DAA859 #59DA67 #598BDA #DA59CC

square

#DAA859 #59DA67 #598BDA #DA59CC

split-complementary

#DAA859 #59CCDA #6759DA

monochromatic

#976922 #C98C2D #DAA859 #E5C28B #F0DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DAA859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#DAA859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA859

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA859	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 168, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c18a',
    500: '#daa859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa859;
$custom-light: #e9c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.744,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76206,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA859

secondary

#AFC2E0

accent

#5FCB1A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA859

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

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