#DAA956#DAA956

#DAA956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.116 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA956
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, 8.90, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 49.74, 79.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% 0.0227 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.116 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7835, 43.9562, 14.9279)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA956 #5687DA

analogous

#DA6756 #DAA956 #C9DA56

triadic

#DAA956 #56DAA9 #A956DA

tetradic

#DAA956 #56DA67 #5687DA #DA56C9

square

#DAA956 #56DA67 #5687DA #DA56C9

split-complementary

#DAA956 #56C9DA #6756DA

monochromatic

#956A21 #C78D2C #DAA956 #E5C388 #F0DCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DAA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#DAA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA956

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA956	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.116 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c288',
    500: '#daa956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa956;
$custom-light: #e9c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.727,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76364,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA956

secondary

#ACBFE0

accent

#7EE741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA956

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

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