#DAA85C#DAA85C

#DAA85C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.111 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA85C
RGB	rgb(218, 168, 92)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 57.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 9.88, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 46.85, 77.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0263 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.111 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8502, 43.6864, 16.1932)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA85C #5C8EDA

analogous

#DA695C #DAA85C #CDDA5C

triadic

#DAA85C #5CDAA8 #A85CDA

tetradic

#DAA85C #5CDA69 #5C8EDA #DA5CCD

square

#DAA85C #5CDA69 #5C8EDA #DA5CCD

split-complementary

#DAA85C #5CCDDA #695CDA

monochromatic

#996A23 #CB8D2E #DAA85C #E5C38E #F1DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DAA85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#DAA85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA85C

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA85C	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 168, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.111 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c18c',
    500: '#daa85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa85c;
$custom-light: #e9c18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.19,
    "s": 63,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76244,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA85C

secondary

#B1C4E1

accent

#61CB1B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA85C

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

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