#DAA970#DAA970

#DAA970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.094 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA970
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(32, 59%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(32, 49%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 48.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, 11.04, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 37.86, 73.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% 0.0322 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.094 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0280, 44.4540, 21.4822)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA970 #70A1DA

analogous

#DA7470 #DAA970 #D6DA70

triadic

#DAA970 #70DAA9 #A970DA

tetradic

#DAA970 #70DA74 #70A1DA #DA70D6

square

#DAA970 #70DA74 #70A1DA #DA70D6

split-complementary

#DAA970 #70D6DA #7470DA

monochromatic

#A56C2B #CD8C3F #DAA970 #E7C6A1 #F3E3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DAA970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#DAA970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA970

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA970	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9D9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.094 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c29a',
    500: '#daa970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa970;
$custom-light: #e8c29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.264,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76731,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA970

secondary

#C1D2E5

accent

#6CC71F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA970

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

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