#DAA940#DAA940

#DAA940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.132 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA940
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, 7.58, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 59.18, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.016 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.132 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0295, 43.6546, 10.9567)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA940 #4071DA

analogous

#DA5C40 #DAA940 #BEDA40

triadic

#DAA940 #40DAA9 #A940DA

tetradic

#DAA940 #40DA5C #4071DA #DA40BE

square

#DAA940 #40DA5C #4071DA #DA40BE

split-complementary

#DAA940 #40BEDA #5C40DA

monochromatic

#86631A #B98A24 #DAA940 #E4C073 #EED7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#DAA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#DAA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA940

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA940	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)

#BEA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.132 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac27a',
    500: '#daa940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa940;
$custom-light: #eac27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.909,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7614,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA940

secondary

#9BAFDB

accent

#74EA3D

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA940

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

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