#DAA951#DAA951

#DAA951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.120 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA951
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 8.56, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 51.97, 80.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.021 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.12 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5891, 43.8785, 13.9039)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA951 #5182DA

analogous

#DA6451 #DAA951 #C6DA51

triadic

#DAA951 #51DAA9 #A951DA

tetradic

#DAA951 #51DA64 #5182DA #DA51C6

square

#DAA951 #51DA64 #5182DA #DA51C6

split-complementary

#DAA951 #51C6DA #6451DA

monochromatic

#92691F #C48D2A #DAA951 #E5C283 #EFDBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DAA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#DAA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA951

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA951	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.120 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c285',
    500: '#daa951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa951;
$custom-light: #e9c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.54,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76306,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA951

secondary

#A8BCDE

accent

#7CE840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA951

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

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