#DAA952#DAA952

#DAA952 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.119 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA952
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 62.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, 8.63, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 51.53, 80.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0214 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.119 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6269, 43.8936, 14.1028)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA952 #5283DA

analogous

#DA6552 #DAA952 #C7DA52

triadic

#DAA952 #52DAA9 #A952DA

tetradic

#DAA952 #52DA65 #5283DA #DA52C7

square

#DAA952 #52DA65 #5283DA #DA52C7

split-complementary

#DAA952 #52C7DA #6552DA

monochromatic

#92691F #C58D2A #DAA952 #E5C284 #F0DBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DAA952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#DAA952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA952

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA952	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.119 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c286',
    500: '#daa952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa952;
$custom-light: #e9c286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.382,
    "s": 64.762,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76318,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA952

secondary

#A9BCDF

accent

#7CE840

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA952

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

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