#DAA937#DAA937

#DAA937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.138 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA937
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, 7.16, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 62.65, 83.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0137 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.138 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7938, 43.5603, 9.7151)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA937 #3768DA

analogous

#DA5737 #DAA937 #B9DA37

triadic

#DAA937 #37DAA9 #A937DA

tetradic

#DAA937 #37DA57 #3768DA #DA37B9

square

#DAA937 #37DA57 #3768DA #DA37B9

split-complementary

#DAA937 #37B9DA #5737DA

monochromatic

#7F6018 #B38721 #DAA937 #E4BF6B #EDD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DAA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#DAA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA937

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA937	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)

#BEA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.138 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac275',
    500: '#daa937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa937;
$custom-light: #eac275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.963,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7607,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA937

secondary

#93A8D9

accent

#71EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7ED

border

#D6D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA937

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

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