#DAA978#DAA978

#DAA978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.087 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAA978
RGB	rgb(218, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(30, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 45%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, 11.83, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 34.26, 69.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% 0.0353 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.087 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4934, 44.6402, 23.9332)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAA978 #78A9DA

analogous

#DA7878 #DAA978 #DADA78

triadic

#DAA978 #78DAA9 #A978DA

tetradic

#DAA978 #78DA78 #78A9DA #DA78DA

square

#DAA978 #78DA78 #78A9DA #DA78DA

split-complementary

#DAA978 #78DADA #7878DA

monochromatic

#A96C2E #CD8A48 #DAA978 #E7C8A8 #F4E6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DAA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#DAA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAA978

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAA978	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E99E9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #daa978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.087 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7c29f',
    500: '#daa978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #daa978;
$custom-light: #e7c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#daa978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 56.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76868,
    "c": 0.08656,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAA978

secondary

#C7D7E7

accent

#73C521

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF7F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAA978

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

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