#DAA962#DAA962

#DAA962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.106 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA962
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 55%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 9.81, 43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 44.28, 77.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0269 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.106 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3083, 44.1661, 17.6914)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA962 #6293DA

analogous

#DA6D62 #DAA962 #CFDA62

triadic

#DAA962 #62DAA9 #A962DA

tetradic

#DAA962 #62DA6D #6293DA #DA62CF

square

#DAA962 #62DA6D #6293DA #DA62CF

split-complementary

#DAA962 #62CFDA #6D62DA

monochromatic

#9D6C25 #CE8E31 #DAA962 #E6C494 #F1DFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DAA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#DAA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA962

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA962	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)

#BBAA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.106 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c290',
    500: '#daa962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa962;
$custom-light: #e8c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76519,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA962

secondary

#B6C8E2

accent

#63CA1C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120D

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA962

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

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