#DAA949#DAA949

#DAA949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.126 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA949
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 66.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 8.07, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 55.45, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0185 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.126 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3066, 43.7654, 12.4160)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA949 #497ADA

analogous

#DA6149 #DAA949 #C3DA49

triadic

#DAA949 #49DAA9 #A949DA

tetradic

#DAA949 #49DA61 #497ADA #DA49C3

square

#DAA949 #49DA61 #497ADA #DA49C3

split-complementary

#DAA949 #49C3DA #6149DA

monochromatic

#8C661C #BF8C27 #DAA949 #E4C17C #EFD9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DAA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#DAA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA949

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA949	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.126 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c280',
    500: '#daa949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa949;
$custom-light: #e9c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76223,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA949

secondary

#A2B6DD

accent

#78E93F

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA949

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

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