#DAA957#DAA957

#DAA957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.115 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA957
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 60.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 8.97, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 49.29, 79.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% 0.023 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.115 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8241, 43.9725, 15.1416)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA957 #5788DA

analogous

#DA6857 #DAA957 #CADA57

triadic

#DAA957 #57DAA9 #A957DA

tetradic

#DAA957 #57DA68 #5788DA #DA57CA

square

#DAA957 #57DA68 #5788DA #DA57CA

split-complementary

#DAA957 #57CADA #6857DA

monochromatic

#966A21 #C88E2C #DAA957 #E5C389 #F0DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DAA957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#DAA957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA957

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA957	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)

#BCAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.115 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c289',
    500: '#daa957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa957;
$custom-light: #e9c289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.557,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76376,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA957

secondary

#ADC0E0

accent

#7FE741

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA957

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

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