#DAA960#DAA960

#DAA960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.108 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA960
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 96)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 56%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 9.65, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 45.19, 77.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0262 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.108 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2150, 44.1288, 17.2003)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA960 #6091DA

analogous

#DA6C60 #DAA960 #CEDA60

triadic

#DAA960 #60DAA9 #A960DA

tetradic

#DAA960 #60DA6C #6091DA #DA60CE

square

#DAA960 #60DA6C #6091DA #DA60CE

split-complementary

#DAA960 #60CEDA #6C60DA

monochromatic

#9B6C24 #CD8E30 #DAA960 #E6C492 #F1DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DAA960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#DAA960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA960

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA960	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.108 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c28f',
    500: '#daa960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa960;
$custom-light: #e8c28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.902,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76491,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA960

secondary

#B4C6E2

accent

#62CA1C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA960

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

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